The timing of initial collision between India and Asia has remained controversial for half a
century. This paper attempts to review this crucial and hotly debated argument, describing …

The tectonic evolution of the Indian plate, which started in Late Jurassic about 167million
years ago (~ 167Ma) with the breakup of Gondwana, presents an exceptional and intricate …

Siliciclastic sediments owe their origin mainly to land sources. New discriminant-function-
based major-element diagrams for the tectonic discrimination of siliciclastic sediments from …

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks derived from the southern Lhasa terrane, sitting depositionally
upon rocks of the northern Indian passive continental margin, provide an estimate of the age …

Despite a long research history over the past 150 years, the geometry, kinematics, and
dynamic evolution of the Himalayan orogen remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to …

Abstract The India-Asia collision is an outstanding smoking gun in the study of continental
collision dynamics. How and when the continental collision occurred remains a long …

Timing of the collision between India and Asia is the key boundary condition in all models for
the evolution of the Himalaya‐Tibetan orogenic system. Thus it profoundly affects the …

A strong 50–35 Ma decrease in India‐Asia convergence is generally ascribed to continent‐
continent collision. However, a convergence rate increase of similar magnitude occurred …

Regional mapping, stratigraphic study, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology provide the basis for
an incremental restoration of the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt in western Nepal …

Recent research in the Himalayan fold‐thrust belt provides two new sets of observations that
are crucial to understanding the evolution of the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogenic system. First …