India-Asia Collision (IMAGE)

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India-Asia Collision

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Geodynamic evolution of the India-Asia continental collision showing the paleogeographic patterns (a) ~75 Ma. (b) ~61 Ma. (c) ~53 Ma. (d) ~48 Ma. The Australian and Antarctic continents in (a) were reconstructed in the Gondwana framework only for determining the size of eastern Greater India. BNSZ, Bangong-Nujiang suture zone. WZFZ, Wallaby-Zenith fracture zone. The black stars indicate the reference point (29.3°N, 85.3°E) when calculating the extension of Greater India in this study.

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