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Contrasting exhumation histories and relief development within the Three Rivers Region (south-east Tibet)
Xiong Ou
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Institut des Sciences de la Terre (ISTerre), Université Grenoble
Alpes, CNRS, IRD, 38058 Grenoble, France
Anne Replumaz
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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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Erica D. Erlanger, Maria Giuditta Fellin, and Sean D. Willett
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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...