Himalayan tectonics explained by extrusion of a low-viscosity crustal channel coupled to focused surface denudation

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6865, 2001, Pages 738-742

  Beaumont, C ^a   Jamieson, R A ^a   Nguyen, M H ^a   Lee, B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DUCTILITY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; VISCOSITY;

DENUDATION;

TECTONICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; EXTRUSION; METAMORPHISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHINA; FLOW KINETICS; GEOLOGY; MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ASIA; CHINA;

EID: 0035856951     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/414738a     Document Type: Article

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