Active out-of-sequence thrust faulting in the central Nepalese Himalaya

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7036, 2005, Pages 1008-1011

  Wobus, Cameron ^a   Helmsath, Arjun ^b   Whipple, Kelin ^a   Hodges, Kip ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORMATION; EROSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECTONICS;

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS; EXHUMATION; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUST (MHT);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACTIVE FAULT; EROSION; FAULTING; MONSOON; NEOTECTONICS; RAINFALL; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; INDIA; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17844378167     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03499     Document Type: Article

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