Gangdese arc detritus within the eastern Himalayan Neogene foreland basin: Implications for the Neogene evolution of the Yalu-Brahmaputra River system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 150-162

  Cina, Sara E ^a   Yin, An ^b   Grove, Marty ^c   Dubey, Chandra S ^d   Shukla, Dericks P ^d   Lovera, Oscar M ^a   Kelty, Thomas K ^e   Gehrels, George E ^f   Foster, David A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra River; evolution of drainage systems; foreland basin; Himalaya; Lu Hf geochemistry; Tibet; U Pb detrital zircon dating

Indexed keywords

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; EVOLUTION OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; FORELAND BASIN; HIMALAYA; LU-HF GEOCHEMISTRY; TIBET; U-PB DETRITAL ZIRCON DATING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DRAINAGE; HAFNIUM; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LUTETIUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

RIVERS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHOLITH; DEPOSITION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; NEOGENE; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; ASIA; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUBANSIRI RIVER; XIZANG; YALU RIVER;

EID: 67650581698     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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