The [[Himalaya]] is a strain partitioned orogen which resulted from the oblique convergence between India and Asia.<ref name=Murphy2014>Murphy, M.A.; Taylor, M.H.; Gosse, J.; Silver, R.P.; Whipp, D.M.; Beaumont, C. (2014). "Limit of strain partitioning in the Himalaya marked by large earthquakes in western Nepal". Nature Geoscience 7 (1): 38–42. doi:10.1038/NGEO2017.</ref> Convergence between the two landmasses persists today at a rate of 2 cm/yr.<ref name=Murphy2014 /> The obliquity of plate convergence increases toward the western portion of the orogen, thus inducing a greater magnitude of strain partitioning within the western Himalaya than in the central.<ref name=Murphy2014 /> | The [[Himalaya]] is a strain partitioned orogen which resulted from the oblique convergence between India and Asia.<ref name=Murphy2014>Murphy, M.A.; Taylor, M.H.; Gosse, J.; Silver, R.P.; Whipp, D.M.; Beaumont, C. (2014). "Limit of strain partitioning in the Himalaya marked by large earthquakes in western Nepal". Nature Geoscience 7 (1): 38–42. doi:10.1038/NGEO2017.</ref> Convergence between the two landmasses persists today at a rate of 2 cm/yr.<ref name=Murphy2014 /> The obliquity of plate convergence increases toward the western portion of the orogen, thus inducing a greater magnitude of strain partitioning within the western Himalaya than in the central.<ref name=Murphy2014 /> |