Erosion, Himalayan Geodynamics, and the Geomorphology of Metamorphism
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Erosion , Himalayan Geodynamics , and the Geomorphology of Metamorphism
Is erosion important to the structural and petrological evolution of mountain belts? The nature of active metamorphic massifs colocated with deep gorges in the syntaxes at each end of the Himalayan range, together with the magnitude of erosional fluxes that occur in these regions, leads us to concur with suggestions that erosion plays an integral role in collisional dynamics. At multiple scales...
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عنوان ژورنال: GSA Today
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1052-5173
DOI: 10.1130/1052-5173(2001)011<0004:ehgatg>2.0.co;2