Ganges basin geometry records a pre-15 Ma isostatic rebound of Himalaya

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 445-448

  Mugnier, Jean Louis ^a   Huyghe, Pascale ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Flexure; Foreland basin; Himalaya; Relief; Slab break off; Tectonic reactivation

Indexed keywords

FORELAND BASIN; GANGES BASIN GEOMETRY; HIMALAYA; SLAB BREAK-OFF; TECTONIC REACTIVATION;

CATCHMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EROSION; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BASIN ANALYSIS; BASIN EVOLUTION; FORELAND BASIN; PLATE MOTION; TERTIARY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDIAN SHIELD; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33745316575     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22089.1     Document Type: Article

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