India and Arabia collide with Eurasia at slightly different velocities. Detailed mapping of the Arabian Sea suggests that this motion started between 3 and 8 million years ago, possibly with a transfer of an Arabian plate wedge to the Indian plate.
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DeMets, C. Arabia's slow dance with India. Nature Geosci 1, 10–11 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo.2007.56
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