Core-complex formation driven by lithospheric extension is a first-order process of heat and
mass transfer in the Earth. Core-complex structures have been recognized in the continents …

The movement of a low-viscosity crustal layer in response to topographic loading provides a
potential mechanism for (1) eastward flow of the Asian lower crust causing the peripheral …

Topography extracted from swath profiles along the northern, southern, and eastern margins
of the Tibetan Plateau show two end-member morphologies: steep, abrupt margins and long …

INDEPTH geophysical and geological observations imply that a partially molten midcrustal
layer exists beneath southern Tibet. This partially molten layer has been produced by crustal …

It is well accepted that the lithosphere may exhibit nonzero mechanical strength over
geological time and space scales, associated with the existence of non‐lithostatic …

We have used the molten salt cell to conduct an experimental study on the rheology of a
natural quartzite containing∼ 0.15 wt.% water. Co-axial deformation experiments were …

Plane strain, thermal‐mechanical numerical models are used to examine the development
of midcrustal channel flows in large hot orogens. In the models, radioactive self‐heating …

Balanced cross-sections across the Zagros fold–thrust belt in Iran are used to analyze the
geometry of deformation within the sedimentary cover rocks, and to test the hypothesis of …

Where there is isostasy, the rocks of the lower continental crust are subject to an effective
lateral pressure gradient equal to the gradient of topographic load, whether compensation is …

The channel flow model aims to explain features common to metamorphic hinterlands of
some collisional orogens, notably along the Himalaya-Tibet system. Channel flow describes …