Continental Underthrusting is a tectonic process in which one continental plate is forced beneath another at a convergent plate boundary, distinguished from subduction by the limited penetration of buoyant continental crust into the mantle.
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Partially Molten Middle Crust Beneath Southern Tibet: Synthesis of Project INDEPTH Results
K. D. Nelson, Wenjin Zhao, L. D. Brown et al. · Science · 1996 · 1.2K citations
Deep seismic reflection evidence for continental underthrusting beneath southern Tibet
Wenjin Zhao, K. D. Nelson, J. Quo et al. · Nature · 1993 · 721 citations
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