Dominance of tectonics over climate in himalayan denudation

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-246

  Godard, Vincent ^a   Bourlès, Didier L ^a   Spinabella, Françoise ^a   Burbank, Douglas W ^b   Bookhagen, Bodo ^b   Fisher, G Burch ^b   Moulin, Adrien ^a   Léanni, Laëtitia ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DENUDATION RATES; MAIN HIMALAYAN THRUSTS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PRECIPITATION RATES; PRIMARY PARAMETERS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TECTONIC PROCESS;

GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENUDATION; OROGENY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84896882467     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35342.1     Document Type: Article

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