The sequence of events during the collision between India and Eurasia has long been contested. Numerical simulations imply that the key to the puzzle could lie in the subduction of continental lithosphere.
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Müller, R. Sinking continents. Nature Geosci 3, 79–80 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo751
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