The presence of hot, weak crust is a central component of recent hypotheses that seek to
explain the evolution of continent-continent collisions, and in particular may play an …

Recognition and subsequent study of the syn-convergent low-angle normal faults and shear
zones–the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS)–that form the upper boundary of the …

The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

Abstract Models for the origin and deformation of Himalayan rocks are dependent upon
geometric and age relationships between major units. We present field mapping and U-Pb …

Abstract The Higher Himalayan Shear Zone (HHSZ) in the Sutlej section reveals (1) top-to-
SW ductile shearing,(2) top-to-NE ductile shearing in the upper-and the lower strands of the …

Constraining magnitudes of mechanical and thermo-mechanical parameters of rocks and
shear zones are the important goals in structural geology and tectonics (Talbot in J Struct …

Abstract In the eastern Himalaya (Bhutan), there are two distinct top-down-to-the-north
segments of the South Tibetan detachment system. The outer segment is a diffuse ductile …

Thin-section studies of the Zanskar Shear Zone (ZSZ) rocks reveal a top-to-SW and
subsequent primary and secondary top-to-NE ductile shearing; brittle–ductile and brittle …

Abstract The South Tibetan detachment system (STDS) in the Himalayan orogen is an
example of normal‐sense displacement on an orogen‐parallel shear zone during …

The Himalaya is commonly described as a three layer-two fault stack. Namely, a high-grade
crystalline core featuring an inverted metamorphic field gradient, the Greater Himalayan …