The Miocene elevation of Mount Everest

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 799-802

  Gébelin, Aude ^a,c   Mulch, Andreas ^a,b,c   Teyssier, Christian ^d   Jessup, Micah J ^e   Law, Richard D ^f   Brunel, Maurice ^g  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PATTERNS; EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGIC SYSTEMS; HYDROUS MINERAL; SURFACE DEPOSITS; TECTONIC HISTORY;

RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

ISOTOPES;

ALTIMETRY; DETACHMENT FAULT; ELEVATION; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN REGION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 84880288292     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34331.1     Document Type: Article

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