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Regional Pliocene exhumation of the Lesser Himalaya in the Indus drainage
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Research Center for Earth System Science. Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan
Province, 650091, China
Peng Zhou
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Daniel F. Stockli
Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University
of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1722, USA
Jerzy Blusztajn
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
Woods Hole, MA 02540, USA
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Short summary
Surface processes driven by climate have been linked to the tectonic evolution of mountain belts, with the Himalaya and Asian monsoon being classic examples. Sediments from the Arabian Sea show an increase in erosion from the Karakoram between 17 and 9.5 Ma, followed by an increase in the relative flux from the Himalaya after 5.7 Ma and especially from the Lesser Himalaya after 1.9 Ma. Lack of correlation with climate histories suggests that tectonic forces dominate control over erosion.
Surface processes driven by climate have been linked to the tectonic evolution of mountain...
