Geometry and kinematics of the Main Himalayan Thrust and Neogene crustal exhumation in the Bhutanese Himalaya derived from inversion of multithermochronologic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1446-1481

  Coutand, Isabelle ^a   Whipp Jr , David M ^b   Grujic, Djordje ^a   Bernet, Matthias ^c   Fellin, Maria Giuditta ^d   Bookhagen, Bodo ^e   Landry, Kyle R ^a   Ghalley, S K ^f   Duncan, Chris ^g  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Ministry of Economic Affairs   (Bhutan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neogene tectonic model of the bhutan himalaya; Neogene upper crustal exhumation history of the bhutan himalaya; Numerical modeling of lowtemperature thermochronological data

Indexed keywords

DATA INVERSION; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS; NEOGENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SHILLONG PLATEAU;

EID: 84899725467     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010891     Document Type: Article

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