Sketch map of the tectonic superposition between the Indian and Asian continental margins in the Cenozoic. The width of Greater India beneath the southern margin of the Lhasa terrane is limited to ca. 200-400 km rather than to ca. 400-800 km. Abbreviation (IMAGE)

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Sketch map of the tectonic superposition between the Indian and Asian continental margins in the Cenozoic. The width of Greater India beneath the southern margin of the Lhasa terrane is limited to ca. 200-400 km rather than to ca. 400-800 km. Abbreviation

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Sketch map of the tectonic superposition between the Indian and Asian continental margins in the Cenozoic. The width of Greater India beneath the southern margin of the Lhasa terrane is limited to ca. 200-400 km rather than to ca. 400-800 km. Abbreviations: YTS, Yarlung-Zangpo Suture; MBT, Main Boundary Thrust; ES, Eastern Syntaxis; WS, Western Syntaxis.

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