Before its collision with Eurasia1–5, the Indian Plate moved rapidly, at rates exceeding 140mmyr−1 for a period of 20 million years1,3–7. This motion is 50 to 100% faster than the maximum sustained rate of convergence of themain tectonic plates today8. The cause of such high rates of convergence is unclear and not reproduced by numerical models9,10. Here we show that existing geological data11,...

The continental crust in the overriding plate of India-Asia collision zone southern Tibet is characterized by an overthickened layer felsic composition with underlying granulite-eclogite layer. A large data set indicates that this experienced magmatism from 245 to 10 Ma, as recorded Gangdese Batholith. Magmatism was punctuated flare-ups at 185−170, 90−75, and 55−45 Ma caused a combination exter...

Abstract The geometry of the Philippine Sea slab (PHS) subducting beneath Japanese islands has been imaged to 400 km depth Kyushu and Chugoku regions, whereas PHS Hokuriku region only determined ~ 140 depth, thereby indicating a large east–west asymmetry in subduction. However, geologic evidence suggests that there was symmetrical seafloor spreading along axis Kinan seamount chain when Shikoku ...

In segmented paleorift systems such as the Pripyat–Dnieper–Donetsk aulacogen, which penetrate deep into continent from side of paleoocean margin and most often close here, each segment represents an autonomous structure lithosphere. The presented article shows that tectonic position Pripyat western closing indicated aulacogen was due to a change in intensity syn-rift plate-tectonic processes ex...