Has focused denudation sustained active thrusting at the Himalayan topographic front?

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 861-864

  Wobus, Cameron W ^a   Hodges, Kip V ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon argon; Geomorphology; Himalayas; Main Central thrust; Nepal; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ROCK UPLIFT RATES;

ARGON; DRAINAGE; EROSION; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST;

NEPAL;

EID: 0242581666     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G19730.1     Document Type: Article

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