Antecedence of the Yarlung-Siang-Brahmaputra River, eastern Himalaya

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 397, Issue , 2014, Pages 145-158

  Lang, Karl A ^a   Huntington, Katharine W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arunachal Pradesh Himalaya; Detrital zircon U Pb geochronology; Eastern Himalayan syntaxis; River capture; Siwalik group; Tsangpo Gorge

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD;

DETRITAL ZIRCON; EASTERN HIMALAYAN SYNTAXIS; HIMALAYAS; SIWALIK; TSANGPO GORGE;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FORELAND BASIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GORGE; INDIAN PLATE; MIOCENE; OROGENY; UPLIFT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ARUNACHAL PRADESH; BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER; CHINA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NAMJAGBARWA FENG; XIZANG;

EID: 84899964551     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.026     Document Type: Article

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