Large spatial and temporal variations in Himalayan denudation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 371-372, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-293

  Thiede, Rasmus C ^a   Ehlers, Todd A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erosion; Exhumation; Himalaya; Low temperature chronology; Thermal modeling

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; HIMALAYAS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMAL MODELING; THERMOPHYSICAL MATERIAL PROPERTIES;

DIGITAL STORAGE; EROSION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

TECTONICS;

DENUDATION; EXHUMATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84878493650     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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