Where was Burma/Myanmar over geologic time.

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Burma, now known as Myanmar, has been in many different locations throughout geologic time, including near the equator, on the northern margin of Gondwana, and in the Eastern Himalayan collision zone:

Late Cretaceous to early Paleogene: The Burma Terrane (BT) was part of the Trans-Tethyan Arc, which was near the equator.

Late Triassic: The West Myanmar Block was attached to Southeast Asia.

Early Permian: A continental block separated from Gondwanaland.

Mid-late Triassic: The Shan-Thai block collided with the Indo-China block.

Cretaceous Period: The India Plate moved north from Gondwanaland.

Early Eocene: The collision of India and the Eurasia Plate formed the Himalayan Orogeny.

Late Miocene to Pliocene: The Burma-microplate detached from the Shan-Thai block, causing alkaline and calk-alkaline volcanism.

Proterozoic and Early Palaeozoic: The West Myanmar Block was part of the northern margin of Gondwana.

Burma Terrane Collision and Northward Indentation in the ...

Oct 5, 2020 — Recent paleorotation and paleolatitude data from paleomagnetism indicate that the BT was part of a near-equatorial, iso...

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