Outward-growth of the Tibetan Plateau during the Cenozoic: A review

C Wang, J Dai, X Zhao, Y Li, SA Graham, D He, B Ran… - Tectonophysics, 2014 - Elsevier
The surface uplift history of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) offers a key testing ground for
evaluating models of collisional tectonics and holds important implications for processes …

Timing and climatic drivers for glaciation across semi-arid western Himalayan–Tibetan orogen

JM Dortch, LA Owen, MW Caffee - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Mapping and forty-seven new 10 Be ages help define the timing of glaciation in the Ladakh
and Pangong Ranges in Northwest India. Five new local glacial stages are defined for the …

Eocene Tibetan plateau remnants preserved in the northwest Himalaya

P van Der Beek, J Van Melle, S Guillot, A Pêcher… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
The northwest Himalaya shows strongly contrasting relief. Deeply incised mountain ranges
that are characterized by extremely rapid exhumation,, and some of the highest peaks in the …

Exhumation history of the Gangdese batholith, southern Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronology

J Dai, C Wang, J Hourigan, Z Li… - The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.uchicago.edu
To test previously suggested exhumation histories of the Gangdese Batholith in the central
part of the Transhimalayan plutonic belt, we conducted paired apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He …

Climate as the great equalizer of continental‐scale erosion

G Jepson, B Carrapa, J Gillespie… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Central Asia hosts the most extensive and highest topography on Earth, which is the result of
the feedbacks among rock uplift, atmospheric circulation and moisture transport, and …

Quantifying episodic erosion and transient storage on the western margin of the Tibetan Plateau, upper Indus River

TN Jonell, LA Owen, A Carter, JL Schwenniger… - Quaternary …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Transient storage and erosion of valley fills, or sediment buffering, is a fundamental but
poorly quantified process that may significantly bias fluvial sediment budgets and marine …

Asymmetrical erosion and morphological development of the central Ladakh Range, northern India

JM Dortch, LA Owen, LM Schoenbohm, MW Caffee - Geomorphology, 2011 - Elsevier
Variations in erosion were quantified across the topographically and morphometrically
asymmetrical central Ladakh Range in NW India to elucidate erosion and sediment transfer …

Laser (U‐Th)/He thermochronology of detrital zircons as a tool for studying surface processes in modern catchments

A Tripathy‐Lang, KV Hodges… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Detrital mineral thermochronology of modern sediments is a valuable tool for interrogating
landscape evolution. Detrital zircon (U‐Th)/He thermochronology is of particular interest …

Unroofing the Ladakh Batholith: constraints from autochthonous molasse of the Indus Basin, NW Himalaya

R Zhou, JC Aitchison, K Lokho, ER Sobel… - Journal of the …, 2020 - lyellcollection.org
The Indus Molasse records orogenic sedimentation associated with uplift and erosion of the
southern margin of Asia in the course of ongoing India–Eurasia collision. Detailed field …

Displacement along the Karakoram fault, NW Himalaya, estimated from LA-ICP-MS U–Pb dating of offset geologic markers

S Wang, C Wang, RJ Phillips, MA Murphy… - Earth and Planetary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The magnitude of fault offset, a key parameter of fault geometry and kinematics, provides
critical information on the role of the Karakoram fault (KKF) in accommodating deformation of …