Building the Tibetan plateau during the collision between the India and Asia Plates

Anne Replumaz; Cécile Lasserre; Stéphane Guillot; Marie Luce Chevalier; Fabio A. Capitanio; Francesca Funiciello; Fanny Goussin; Shiguang Wang

doi:10.1002/9781394228584.ch2

Building the Tibetan plateau during the collision between the India and Asia Plates

Anne Replumaz, Cécile Lasserre, Stéphane Guillot, Marie Luce Chevalier, Fabio A. Capitanio, Francesca Funiciello, Fanny Goussin, Shiguang Wang

School of Earth Atmosphere and Environment

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Abstract

The Tibetan Plateau is the highest and widest orogenic plateau on Earth, towering over the world at an average altitude of 4,500 m and over 800 km. While far from being an exhaustive review of the existing data and models, this chapter presents some recent constraints and models that provide an integrated and improved understanding of the enigmatic plateau building. It also presents some analogue and numerical models at the lithospheric/upper mantle scale to better understand the dynamics of subduction, mantle flow and the formation of the plateau as a result. In Tibet, the global positioning system velocity field relative to Eurasia shows a dominant north-eastward motion of the plateau. At depth, seismic profiles are used to constrain the deformation of the lower crust and of the lithospheric mantle beneath Tibet.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 1
Subtitle of host publication	Geodynamic Setting of the Himalayan Range
Editors	Rodolphe Cattin, Jean-Luc Epard
Place of Publication	London UK
Publisher	Wiley-ISTE
Chapter	2
Pages	33-55
Number of pages	23
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781394228584
ISBN (Print)	9781789451290
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228584.ch2
Publication status	Published - 8 Aug 2023

Publication series

Name	Geoscience: Dynamics of the Continental Lithosphere
Publisher	Wiley-ISTE
Volume	1

Keywords

Analogue models
Eurasia
Global positioning system
Lithospheric mantle
Mantle flow
Numerical models
Tibetan Plateau

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Replumaz, A., Lasserre, C., Guillot, S., Chevalier, M. L., Capitanio, F. A., Funiciello, F., Goussin, F., & Wang, S. (2023). Building the Tibetan plateau during the collision between the India and Asia Plates. In R. Cattin, & J.-L. Epard (Eds.), Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 1: Geodynamic Setting of the Himalayan Range (Vol. 1, pp. 33-55). (Geoscience: Dynamics of the Continental Lithosphere; Vol. 1). Wiley-ISTE. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781394228584.ch2

Replumaz, Anne ; Lasserre, Cécile ; Guillot, Stéphane et al. / Building the Tibetan plateau during the collision between the India and Asia Plates. Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 1: Geodynamic Setting of the Himalayan Range. editor / Rodolphe Cattin ; Jean-Luc Epard. Vol. 1 London UK : Wiley-ISTE, 2023. pp. 33-55 (Geoscience: Dynamics of the Continental Lithosphere).

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Replumaz A, Lasserre C, Guillot S, Chevalier ML, Capitanio FA, Funiciello F et al. Building the Tibetan plateau during the collision between the India and Asia Plates. In Cattin R, Epard JL, editors, Himalaya, Dynamics of a Giant 1: Geodynamic Setting of the Himalayan Range. Vol. 1. London UK: Wiley-ISTE. 2023. p. 33-55. (Geoscience: Dynamics of the Continental Lithosphere). doi: 10.1002/9781394228584.ch2

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