Denudation of the Namche Barwa antiform, eastern Himalaya

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 307, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 323-333

  Enkelmann, E ^a   Ehlers, T A ^a   Zeitler, P K ^b   Hallet, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra River; Detrital zircon; Fission track dating; Himalaya; Numerical modeling; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; DETRITAL ZIRCON; FISSION-TRACK DATING; HIMALAYAS; NUMERICAL MODELING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; ZIRCON;

RIVERS;

DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT YIELD; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; ZIRCON;

BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 79959688588     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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