Geological Survey Sheet · India

Geology of India

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The Indian Plate’s northward flight

After Gondwana broke apart, India raced ~9,000 km north — at times over 15 cm/yr, the fastest large plate ever recorded — colliding with Eurasia ~50 Ma ago to raise the Himalaya. Convergence continues at ~4–5 cm/yr today.
Schematic reconstruction, after USGS “This Dynamic Earth”
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