Natural SciencesEarth SciencesGeologyPaleoanthropologyPaleoclimatologyTectonicsContinental Margin GeologyContinental Margin StructureMountain TopographyPlate TectonicsRegional TectonicsTectonic GeomorphologyContinental Crust EvolutionContinental TectonicsCrustal Structure Of Continental MarginsGondwana ReconstructionOcean-continent TransitionRegional Tectonic SettingSubcontinental Lithospheric Mantle
Gondwanaland at its maximum extent included Tibet, the Tarim Basin block, and parts of northern China. Tibet lay between India and Western Australia as submerged continental crust. The Himalayas are of intracontinental origin. The Tien Shatz lie along the former oceanic boundary of Gondwanaland.
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