Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological suture zone
gptkbp:age Cretaceous to Eocene
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Indus-Tsangpo Suture Zone
gptkbp:contains metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
ophiolites
gptkbp:formedBy collision of Indian and Eurasian plates
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Tibet
gptkb:Himalayas
gptkb:Ladakh
gptkbp:parallelTo gptkb:Yarlung_Tsangpo_River
gptkb:Indus_River
gptkbp:separates gptkb:Indian_Plate
gptkb:Eurasian_Plate
gptkbp:significance marks the boundary between Indian and Eurasian plates
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Himalayan_orogeny
plate tectonics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Indus_Suture_Zone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7