The influence of climate on the tectonic evolution of mountain belts

KX Whipple - Nature geoscience, 2009 - nature.com
Simple physical arguments, analogue experiments and numerical experiments all suggest
that the internal dynamics of actively deforming collisional mountain ranges are influenced …

Himalayan metamorphism and its tectonic implications

MJ Kohn - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The Himalayan range exposes a spectacular assemblage of metamorphic rocks from the
mid-and deep crust that have fostered numerous models of how the crust responds to …

Himalayan tectonics explained by extrusion of a low-viscosity crustal channel coupled to focused surface denudation

C Beaumont, RA Jamieson, MH Nguyen, B Lee - Nature, 2001 - nature.com
Abstract Recent interpretations of Himalayan–Tibetan tectonics have proposed that channel
flow in the middle to lower crust can explain outward growth of the Tibetan plateau,,, and that …

Active structures of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and their relationships to earthquake distribution, contemporary strain field, and Cenozoic volcanism

M Taylor, A Yin - Geosphere, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We have compiled the distribution of active faults and folds in the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen
and its immediate surrounding regions into a web-based digital map. The main product of …

The detrital record of orogenesis: A review of approaches and techniques used in the Himalayan sedimentary basins

Y Najman - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The sediment archive, of material eroded from an active tectonic region and stored in
adjacent basins, can provide a valuable record of hinterland tectonism especially when …

Channel flow, ductile extrusion and exhumation in continental collision zones: an introduction

L Godin, D Grujic, RD Law… - Geological Society, London …, 2006 - lyellcollection.org
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 …

Crustal channel flows: 2. Numerical models with implications for metamorphism in the Himalayan‐Tibetan orogen

RA Jamieson, C Beaumont… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Results from a thermal‐mechanical model (HT1) that includes midcrustal channel flow are
compatible with many features of the Himalayan‐Tibetan system. Radioactive self‐heating …

The 2005, Mw 7.6 Kashmir earthquake: Sub-pixel correlation of ASTER images and seismic waveforms analysis

JP Avouac, F Ayoub, S Leprince, O Konca… - Earth and Planetary …, 2006 - Elsevier
We analyze the Mw7. 6 Kashmir earthquake of October 8, 2005, using sub-pixel correlation
of ASTER images to measure ground deformation, and modeling seismic waveforms. The …

Geologic correlation of the Himalayan orogen and Indian craton: Part 2. Structural geology, geochronology, and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Himalaya

A Yin, CS Dubey, TK Kelty, AAG Webb… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Despite being the largest active collisional orogen on Earth, the growth mechanism of the
Himalaya remains uncertain. Current debate has focused on the role of dynamic interaction …

Miocene to Holocene exhumation of metamorphic crustal wedges in the NW Himalaya: Evidence for tectonic extrusion coupled to fluvial erosion

JC Vannay, B Grasemann, M Rahn, W Frank… - …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The Himalayan crystalline core zone exposed along the Sutlej Valley (India) is composed of
two high‐grade metamorphic gneiss sheets that were successively underthrusted and …