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The Indian plate (or India plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana , the Indian plate broke away from the other fragments of Gondwana 100 million years ago and began moving north, carrying Insular India with it. [ 2 ]
Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. These are also known as compressional or destructive boundaries. Obduction zones occurs when the continental plate is pushed under the oceanic plate, but this is unusual as the relative densities of the tectonic plates favours subduction of the oceanic plate. This ...
As per geological research conducted in 2015, there possibly existed two subduction zones between the Indian and Eurasian plates. [24] A hypothetical lost oceanic plate called the Kshiroda Plate is supposed to have existed between the two subduction zones. It is now believed that this oceanic plate is actually a broken-off fragment of the above ...
Indo-Australian plate – Major tectonic plate formed by the fusion of the Indian and Australian plates (sometimes considered to be two separate tectonic plates) – 58,900,000 km 2 (22,700,000 sq mi) Australian plate – Major tectonic plate separated from Indo-Australian plate about 3 million years ago – 47,000,000 km 2 (18,000,000 sq mi)
A convergent boundary (also known as a destructive boundary) is an area on Earth where two or more lithospheric plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction. The subduction zone can be defined by a plane where many earthquakes occur, called the Wadati–Benioff zone. [1]
The Indo-Burman Ranges (IBR), also known as the Indo-Myanmar Ranges, [2] [3] is a mountain chain that forms the boundary between the Indian subcontinent and the Indochinese peninsula. This geological feature sits at the convergent boundary of the Indian Plate and the Burma Plate .
The modern day rate of convergence between the Indian and Eurasian plates is measured to be approximately 17 mm/yr. [21] This convergence is accommodated through seismic activity in active fault zones. As a result, the Himalayan range is one of the most seismically active regions in the world.
The zone where the Eurasian and Indian subcontinent plates meet remains geologically active, prone to major earthquakes. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] Physiographically , it is a peninsular region in South Asia delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Arakanese in the east.