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West–east transition from underplating to steep subduction in the India–Tibet collision zone revealed by receiver-function profiles

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Shi,  Danian
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Zhao,  Wenjin
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Klemperer,  Simon L.
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Wu,  Zhenhan
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Mechie,  James
2.2 Geophysical Deep Sounding, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;
GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Shi,  Jianyu
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Xue,  Guangqi
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Su,  Heping
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GEOFON, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Shi, D., Zhao, W., Klemperer, S. L., Wu, Z., Mechie, J., Shi, J., Xue, G., Su, H. (2016): West–east transition from underplating to steep subduction in the India–Tibet collision zone revealed by receiver-function profiles. - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 452, 171-177.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.051


Cite as: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1659900
Abstract
Closely-spaced receiver-function profiles in the east-central India–Tibet collision zone reveal drastic west–east changes of the crustal and upper mantle structure. West of ∼91.5°E, we show the Indian crust-mantle boundary (Moho) extending subhorizontally from ∼50 km depth below sea level under the High Himalaya to ∼90 km under the central Lhasa terrane. Further north, this boundary transitions to become the top of the Indian lithospheric mantle and, becoming faint but still observable, it can be tracked continuously to ∼135 km depth near ∼31.5°N. The top of the Indian lithospheric mantle is clearly beneath the Tibetan Moho that is also a conspicuous boundary, undulatory at 60–75 km depth from the central Lhasa terrane to the north end of our profile at ∼34°N. This geometry is consistent with underthrusting of Indian lower crust and underplating of the Indian plate directly beneath southern Tibet. In contrast, east of ∼91.5°E, the Indian Moho is only seen under the southernmost margin of the Tibetan plateau, and eludes imaging from ∼50 km south of the Yarlung-Zangbo suture to the north. The Indian lower crust thins greatly and in places lacks a clear Moho. This is in contrast to our observation west of ∼91.5°E, that the Indian lower crust thickens northwards. A clear depression of the top of the Indian lower crust is also observed along west–east oriented profiles, centered above the region where the Indian Moho is not imaged. Our observations suggest that roll-back of the Indian lithospheric mantle has occurred east of ∼91.5°E, likely due to delamination associated with density instabilities in eclogitized Indian lower crust, with the center of foundering beneath the southern Lhasa terrane slightly east of 91.5°E.