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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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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 />

Table below shows relative velocities of India's convergence with Asia. The lateral variability in velocity between the central and marginal regions of the orogen sugest strain is partitioned due to oblique convergence.<ref name=Styron /><ref name=Murphy2014 />  

Table below shows relative velocities of India's convergence with Asia. The [[lateral]] variability in velocity between the central and marginal regions of the orogen sugest strain is partitioned due to oblique convergence.<ref name=Styron /><ref name=Murphy2014 />  

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