Control of detachment geometry on lateral variations in exhumation rates in the Himalaya: Insights from low-temperature thermochronology and numerical modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Robert, Xavier ^a,b   Van Der Beek, Peter ^a   Braun, Jean ^a   Perry, Claire ^a,b   Mugnier, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA SET; DETACHMENT FAULT; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOMETRY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 79961020544     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007893     Document Type: Article

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