Spatial coincidence of rapid inferred erosion with young metamorphic massifs in the Himalayas

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 219-222

  Finlayson, David P ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial erosion; Himalayas; Maps; Metamorphism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL COINCIDENCES;

DRAINAGE; EROSION; FEEDBACK; HYDROLOGY; MAPS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

GEOLOGY;

EROSION; EXHUMATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; METAMORPHISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONICS;

ASIA;

EID: 84879881560     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0219:SCORIE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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