Orogen-parallel extension and exhumation enhanced by denudation in the trans-Himalayan Arun River gorge, Ama Drime Massif, Tibet-Nepal

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Jessup, Micah J ^a   Newell, Dennis L ^b   Cottle, John M ^c   Berger, Aaron L ^d   Spotila, James A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denudation; Exhumation; Extension; Himalaya; Mid crustal flow; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; EXTENSION; HIMALAYA; MID-CRUSTAL FLOW; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; HELIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DENUDATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OROGENY; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARUN RIVER; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 50349102430     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24722A.1     Document Type: Article

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