Quaternary deformation, river steepening, and heavy precipitation at the front of the Higher Himalayan ranges

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 379-389

  Hodges, Kip V ^a   Wobus, Cameron ^a   Ruhl, Katharine ^a   Schildgen, Taylor ^a   Whipple, Kelin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental tectonics; Erosion; Geomorphology; Himalaya; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; TECTONICS; THRUST FAULT; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 1942505327     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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