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Improved Techniques to Map Continental Mantle Earthquakes to Study the Extent of Indian Li — NSF Award to Stanford University (CA,

Continental drift and plate tectonics lead to continental collisions. The collision process forms the Himalaya, Earth’s highest mountain range, and many mineral deposits including those in new copper mines under development in southern Tibet. Consequently, study of Earth’s only large active continental collision, betwe

Award titleImproved Techniques to Map Continental Mantle Earthquakes to Study the Extent of Indian Li
Award ID2516186
AwardeeStanford University
CitySTANFORD
StateCA
Amount obligated$228,903
Principal investigatorSimon Klemperer
ProgramSPSE-Study of Physics of Earth
Start date08/15/2025
AbstractContinental drift and plate tectonics lead to continental collisions. The collision process forms the Himalaya, Earth’s highest mountain range, and many mineral deposits including those in new copper mines under development in southern Tibet. Consequently, study of Earth’s only large active continental collision, between India and Asia, offers societally important outcomes. Understanding the geologic processes of continental collision allows better targeting of the mineral deposits needed to mai
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