India Plate

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The India Plate is a major tectonic plate that carries the Indian subcontinent and is responsible for the uplift of the Himalayas through its collision with the Eurasian Plate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Indian Plate 19
India Plate canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf major tectonic plate
tectonic plate
alsoKnownAs Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
associatedWith Himalayan mountain range
Indian Ocean Ridge systems
Sumatra-Andaman subduction region
Tibetan Plateau
boundedBy Antarctic Plate
Arabian Plate
Australian Plate
Eurasian Plate
Somali Plate
carries Indian subcontinent
parts of the Indian Ocean seafloor
causes intraplate deformation within the Indian subcontinent
collisionZone Himalayan orogeny
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
continentalCrustPortion Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
formedFrom breakup of Gondwana
geologicalAge Mesozoic origin as independent plate
interactsWith Antarctic Plate
Arabian Plate
Australian Plate
Burma microplate
linked to: Burma Plate

Eurasian Plate
Somali Plate
locatedIn Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
measuredBy GPS geodesy
motionDirection north-northeast
oceanicCrustPortion northern Indian Ocean
partOf Indo-Australian Plate system
pastEnvironment once located in the Southern Hemisphere
pastMotion rapid northward drift after Gondwana breakup
relativeMotion converging with Burma Plate microplates
converging with Eurasian Plate
diverging from Antarctic Plate
diverging from Somali Plate
responsibleFor formation of the Tibetan Plateau
frequent large earthquakes in the Himalayas
ongoing crustal shortening in northern India
seismicity in the Himalayan region
uplift of the Himalayas
riftedFrom Africa Plate
linked to: African Plate

Antarctic Plate
Australia Plate
linked to: Australian Plate
studiedIn plate tectonics
velocity about 4–5 cm per year northward relative to Eurasia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amur Plate borderedBy India Plate
breakup of Gondwana resultsIn Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Arabian Plate borders Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Indian Ocean Ridge system separates Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Sunda Plate borderedBy Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Mahanadi Delta locatedOn Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Somali Plate movesRelativeTo Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Gondwana brokeUpInto Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Main Boundary Thrust zone marksBoundaryBetween Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Main Boundary Thrust zone lithosphericPlatesInvolved Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone separates Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Burma Plate borderedBy Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Burma Plate motionRelativeTo Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
India Plate alsoKnownAs Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Australian Plate boundedBy Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Owen Fracture Zone separates Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Australian Plate interactsWith Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Carlsberg Ridge separates Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Carlsberg Ridge formsBoundaryOf Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Barren Island locatedOn Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate