age2exhume – a MATLAB/Python script to calculate steady-state vertical exhumation rates from thermochronometric ages and application to the Himalaya

P van der Beek, TF Schildgen - Geochronology, 2023 - gchron.copernicus.org
Interpreting cooling ages from multiple thermochronometric systems and/or from steep
elevation transects with the help of a thermal model can provide unique insights into the …

[HTML][HTML] Exhumation of the Cuonadong Sn–W–Be polymetallic deposit, Tethyan Himalaya: Implications for exploration

L Gong, Q Wang, X Shen, Z Zhang, J Fan, Z Wang… - Ore Geology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Cuonadong Sn–W–Be polymetallic ore deposit is the first rare-metal deposit
related to leucogranites with giant mineralization potential to be discovered in the …

Prolonged slip on the South Tibetan Detachment constrains tectonic models for synorogenic extension in the Central Himalaya

AE Pye, KV Hodges, CB Keller, RD Law… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The South Tibetan detachment system (STDS) is one of the most important
deformational features in the Himalayan orogen; yet its evolution in space and time remain …

[HTML][HTML] Late-orogenic extension ceases with waning plate convergence: The case of the Simplon normal fault (Swiss Alps)

R Wolff, K Hölzer, R Hetzel, I Dunkl… - Journal of Structural …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Simplon normal fault in the Western Alps caused tens of kilometers of orogen-parallel
extension during convergence of the European and Adriatic plates, but the slip rate of the …

Zircon (U-Th)/He closure temperature lower than apatite thermochronometric systems: Reconciliation of a paradox

B Gérard, X Robert, D Grujic, C Gautheron, L Audin… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Here, we present seven new zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) ages and three new zircon fission track
(ZFT) ages analyzed from an age-elevation profile (Machu Picchu, Peru). ZFT data present …

Rift propagation in south Tibet controlled by under-thrusting of India: a case study of the Tangra Yumco graben (south Tibet)

R Wolff, R Hetzel, K Hölzer, I Dunkl, Q Xu… - Journal of the …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Active graben systems in south Tibet and the Himalaya are the surface expression of
ongoing east–west extension, although the cause and spatiotemporal evolution of normal …

A revised alpha-ejection correction calculation for (U-Th)/He thermochronology dates of broken apatite crystals

J He, PW Reiners - Geochronology Discussions, 2022 - gchron.copernicus.org
Accurate corrections for the effects of alpha ejection (the loss of daughter He near grain or
crystal surfaces due to long alpha-stopping distances) is central to (U-Th)/He …

Phases of enhanced exhumation during the cretaceous and cenozoic orogenies in the Eastern European Alps: new insights from thermochronological data and …

A Wölfler, R Wolff, A Hampel, R Hetzel, I Dunkl - Tectonics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Austroalpine nappes in the Eastern European Alps have preserved the record of orogenies
in the Cretaceous and Cenozoic but their cooling and exhumation history remains poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Why are the Appalachians high? New insights from detrital apatite laser ablation (U-Th-Sm)/He dating

S Jess, E Enkelmann, WA Matthews - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The timing of surface uplift across the Appalachian Mountains, Eastern USA, remains a
controversial topic. Thermal history modelling, geomorphological analysis, stratigraphic …

Whitehorse Trough records Late Triassic–Cretaceous accretionary orogenesis in the Northern Canadian Cordillera via detrital mineral thermochronometry

DA Kellett, I Coutand, A Zagorevski… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
The Whitehorse Trough formed during early Mesozoic accretion of the Intermontane
terranes to northwestern North America. Here we investigate its thermal history using detrital …