Fig. 8: Latitudinal kinematics of the western Indian-Eurasian collision zone.
From: Three-dimensional kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision
Latitudinal velocity profiles P1–P5 (see map A of 7 for location) across the Indian-Eurasian diffuse plate boundary, compatible with crustal shortening and delamination rollback near the western syntaxis and continental underthrusting in the Central Himalayas. The Asian lithosphere transitions from deep subduction below the Hindu-Kush and Pamir to the west (profile P1) to continental underthrusting below the Tarim basin in profiles P2 to P5. The line color indicates the in-plane velocity. The thin white line shows the depth of the crust-mantle (Moho) boundary from CRUST1.084. The background color map indicates the seismic tomography103. The MFT and MBT faults sole into the MHT that forms the basal décollement below the Himalayan orogenic wedge.
