India Plate

E237727

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 (4)

Label Occurrences
Indian Plate 34
India Plate canonical 1
Indian Plate region 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 (37)

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
Réunion volcanic province → tectonicPlate → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Indian Shield → partOf → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Pacific–Indo-Australian region → hasInteractingPlate → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
MBT → plateInvolved → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Himalayan Frontal Thrust → accommodatesConvergenceBetween → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Lhasa terrane → separatedFrom → Indian plate ⓘ
subject linked to: Lhasa terrane to the north
linked to: India Plate
Andaman microplate → borders → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Andaman microplate → relativeMotionWith → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Arabian–Indian plate boundary → separates → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Arabian–Indian plate boundary → tectonicPlatesInvolved → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Arabian Plate → borders → Indian Plate ⓘ
subject linked to: Arabian Plate and Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Arabian Plate → interactsWith → Indian Plate ⓘ
subject linked to: Arabian Plate and Indian Plate
linked to: India Plate
Indian Ocean plate boundary system → interactsWith → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Owen Basin → hasTectonicContext → Indian Plate region ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Arabia–India–Somalia triple-plate region → involvesTectonicPlate → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Karakoram terrane → adjacentTo → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate
Indo-Australian region → includes → Indian Plate ⓘ
linked to: India Plate