Erosion of the tsangpo gorge by megafloods, eastern himalaya

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1003-1006

  Lang, Karl A ^a   Huntington, Katharine W ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL ZIRCON; HILLSLOPES; HIMALAYAS; OUTBURST FLOODS; PEAK FLOWS; THRESHOLD ANGLE; TIBETAN PLATEAU; YARLUNG-TSANGPO RIVER;

LAKES; LEAD; RIVERS;

EROSION;

BEDROCK; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FLOOD; GORGE; HILLSLOPE; PROVENANCE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84882961268     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34693.1     Document Type: Article

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