Distorted drainage basins as markers of crustal strain east of the Himalaya

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B7, 2001, Pages 13697-13709

  Hallet, B ^a   Molnar, P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HIMALAYAN OROGENY; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0034907948     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900335     Document Type: Article

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