Tectonic Surprise: Mantle Upwelling, Not Mega-Crunch, Built Earth’s “Roof of the World”

Tectonic Surprise: Mantle Upwelling, Not Mega-Crunch, Built Earth’s “Roof of the World”

Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study challenges long-held tectonic models. The India-Asia continental collision and the rise of the Tibetan Plateau have traditionally been explained by continuous convergence throughout the Cenozoic, based on two main assumptions: that the India-Asia collision is ongoing and that the Indian [...]