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| 04 Mar 2021
Contrasting exhumation histories and relief development within the Three Rivers Region (south-east Tibet)
Xiong Ou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Université Grenoble
Alpes, CNRS, IRD, 38058 Grenoble, France
Anne Replumaz
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Université Grenoble
Alpes, CNRS, IRD, 38058 Grenoble, France
Peter van der Beek
Institute of Geosciences, Potsdam University, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
The low-relief, mean-elevation Baima Xueshan massif experienced slow exhumation at a rate of 0.01 km/Myr since at least 22 Ma and then regional rock uplift at 0.25 km/Myr since ~10 Ma. The high-relief, high-elevation Kawagebo massif shows much stronger local rock uplift related to the motion along a west-dipping thrust fault, at a rate of 0.45 km/Myr since at least 10 Ma, accelerating to 1.86 km/Myr since 1.6 Ma. Mekong River incision plays a minor role in total exhumation in both massifs.
The low-relief, mean-elevation Baima Xueshan massif experienced slow exhumation at a rate of...
