How steep are the Himalaya? Characteristics and implications of along-strike topographic variations

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-78

  Duncan, Chris ^a   Masek, Jeff ^b   Fielding, Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Erosion; Himalaya; Nepal; Tectonics; Topography

Indexed keywords

HINTERLAND ZONE;

EROSION; MAPPING; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; RELIEF; SLOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

BHUTAN; NEPAL;

EID: 0037284131     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0075:HSATHC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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