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The Indian subcontinent as a singular geographic entity includes Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan, separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalaya mountain system. The geodynamical positioning of India is unique in that it borders the most active continent-continent and ocean-continent convergent margins that have resulted from the India-Eurasia collision.
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Rajendran, C.P., Rajendran, K. (2022). Introduction. In: Earthquakes of the Indian Subcontinent. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4748-2_1
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