A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is splitting in two beneath Tibet, with the lower portion peeling away into the Earth’s mantle.

A recent study challenges the long-held belief of the Indian plate smoothly sliding under the Eurasian plate. Seismic data reveals the Indian plate is splitting in two beneath Tibet, with the lower portion peeling away into the Earth’s mantle.