Oblique convergence between India and Eurasia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Soofi, Muhammad A ^a   King, Scott D ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent boundary; India Asia collision; Oblique convergence; Viscous flow

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONVERGENCE; EURASIAN PLATE; INDIAN PLATE; OROGENIC BELT; PLATE MOTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; INDIA;

EID: 0037053560     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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