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King, Georgina E., Herman, Frederic ORCID: 0000-0002-7237-4656 and Guralnik, Benny ORCID: 0000-0003-3095-3868 (2016). Northward migration of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis revealed by OSL thermochronometry. Science, 353 (6301). S. 800 - 805. WASHINGTON: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE. ISSN 1095-9203

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Abstract

Erosion influences the dynamical evolution of mountains. However, evidence for the impact of surface processes on tectonics mostly relies on the circumstantial coincidence of rugged topography, high stream power, erosion, and rock uplift. Using the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) thermochronometry technique, we quantified the spatial and temporal exhumation of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis. We found increasing exhumation rates within the past million years at the northeast end of the Namche Barwa-Gyala Peri dome. These observations imply headward propagation of erosion in the Parlung River, suggesting that the locus of high exhumation has migrated northward. Although surface processes influence exhumation rates, they do not necessarily engage in a feedback that sets the location of tectonic deformation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code King, Georgina E. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Herman, Frederic UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7237-4656 UNSPECIFIED Guralnik, Benny UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3095-3868 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-266442
DOI:	10.1126/science.aaf2637
Journal or Publication Title:	Science
Volume:	353
Number:	6301
Page Range:	S. 800 - 805
Date:	2016
Publisher:	AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1095-9203
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language NAMCHE-BARWA SYNTAXIS; RIVER INCISION; TSANGPO GORGE; NANGA-PARBAT; EXHUMATION; EROSION; EVOLUTION; CLIMATE; CONSTRAINTS; KINEMATICS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26644