India-Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-139

  Capitanio, F A ^a   Morra, G ^b,c   Goes, S ^d   Weinberg, R F ^a   Moresi, L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY FORCING; CENOZOIC; COLLISION; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONVERGENCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 76449109833     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo725     Document Type: Article

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