# Will the India Plate Be Destroyed?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 26, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-india-plate-be-destroyed/718598 "2015-04-26T21:06:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-india-plate-be-destroyed/718598/21 "2015-04-30T08:53:20Z")

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> [@Isilder](#):
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> But Asia is built from cratons, so they aren’t the deepest, while Australia is solid continent

No, Australia isn’t - Yilgarn, Pilbara, Gawler are all Australian cratons.

And I don’t even understand the distinction you’re trying to draw here. What continent _isn’t_ made of a combo of cratons and boundary basin/mobile belts ?

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**Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-india-plate-be-destroyed/718598/22 "2015-04-30T08:56:38Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Confusing, I thought India was a separate plate from Australia’s. Is this under debate by geologists?

The “Indo” in Indo-Australian Plate refers to the Indian Ocean. The Indian Subcontinent is , AFAIK, not part of that plate and shouldn’t be thought of as such IMO - different tectonic paths.

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