Initial Collision Time (IMAGE)
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Definition of the initial collision time and reconstructed cross-section of the crusts during the earliest stage of the India-Asian collision. (Left: A sketch illustrating the definitions of initial collision time when oceanic lithosphere disappeared between the two continents, and the edge of the lower-plate continental margin reached the trench and started to subduct below the overlying plate; Right: Reconstructed cross-section of the crusts based on the stratigraphic record from southern Tibet during the earliest stage of the India-Asian collision).
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