“An alternative mechanism to open the rift basins is subduction rollback of the Indian plate to the west of Thailand.”

“The magmas that formed the batholith were generated in response to the subduction of the Farallon plate beneath the North American plate.”

“The most widely accepted view is that of an accretionary prism developed above an active subduction zone.”

“Therefore, both a mantle plume and also the subductions of the oceanic plates may have mutually contributed to create the magmatic zone.”