Himalayan orogeny

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The Himalayan orogeny is the major mountain-building event resulting from the collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates, responsible for creating the Himalayan mountain range and the Tibetan Plateau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cenozoic orogeny
geological process
mountain-building event
orogeny
affects Eurasian Plate
Indian Plate
cause formation of the Himalayan mountain range
formation of the Hindu Kush region
formation of the Karakoram Range
high elevation of Mount Everest region
uplift of the Tibetan Plateau
characterizedBy continental collision tectonics
high rates of uplift
large-scale thrust systems
major strike-slip faults
rapid erosion
endTime ongoing
hasCause closure of the Tethys Ocean
collision of the Indian Plate with the Eurasian Plate
northward movement of the Indian Plate
subduction of oceanic lithosphere between India and Eurasia
hasEffectOn Asian monsoon system
regional climate of South Asia
sedimentation in the Bengal Fan
locatedIn Asia
partOf Alpine orogeny
produces Greater Himalaya
linked to: Greater Himalayas

Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
Lesser Himalaya
linked to: Lesser Himalayas

Main Boundary Thrust zone
Main Central Thrust zone
Sub-Himalaya
linked to: Lesser Himalayas
relatedTo Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
India–Asia collision
linked to: Himalayan orogeny

Tethyan Himalaya
resultsIn Indo-Gangetic foreland basin
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

continental-continental collision zone
crustal shortening
development of foreland basins
exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks
fold-and-thrust belt formation
high seismicity in the Himalayan region
large-scale thrust faulting
ongoing uplift of the Himalayas
thickening of continental crust
startTime Eocene
Paleogene
approximately 55 million years ago
studiedIn plate tectonics
structural geology
tectonophysics

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Indo-Australian Plate associatedWith Himalayan orogeny
Hindu Kush partOf Himalayan orogenic system
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Karakoram orogeny Himalayan orogeny
Cenozoic includesEvent Himalayan orogeny
Lesser Himalayas orogeny Himalayan orogeny
Himalayan orogeny relatedTo India–Asia collision
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Indus Gorge in the Himalayas associatedWith Himalayan tectonics
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Nanga Parbat partOfTectonicSetting Indian-Eurasian plate collision zone
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Himadri orogeny Himalayan orogeny
Tethys Ocean associatedWith Himalayan orogeny
Main Boundary Thrust zone partOf Himalayan orogen
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Tibetan Himalayas partOf Himalayan orogeny
India Plate collisionZone Himalayan orogeny
Tethyan Himalaya affectedBy India–Asia collision
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Australian Plate formsFeature Himalayan orogenic system (as part of Indo-Australian Plate)
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Daba Mountains orogeny Himalayan orogeny
Indus submarine fan growthLinkedTo Indian–Eurasian plate collision
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Chinese continental crust associatedWith India–Asia collision
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Indus River gorge partOf Himalayan orogen
linked to: Himalayan orogeny
Rakhine Yoma partOf Himalayan orogenic system
linked to: Himalayan orogeny