Investigation of the deep seismic structure of the Indo-Himalayan collision zone in Eastern India

Abstract

The collision between India and Eurasia 50 million years ago gave rise to the highest chain of mountains on Earth, the Himalaya, which are still growing with the continued northwards motion of India into Asia. The rheological strength of the Indian lithosphere, which is comprised largely of Pre-Cambrian sheilds and platforms, has led to it remaining largely undeformed with the convergence being taken up by the uplift of the Himalaya and the large scale deformation of Tibet.