The role of continental lithospheric thermal structure  in the evolution of orogenic systems: application  to the Himalayan–Tibetan collision zone

Liu, Mengxue; Yang, Dinghui; Qi, Rui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1155-2023

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1155-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1155-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 11

Research article

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01 Nov 2023

Research article |

| 01 Nov 2023

The role of continental lithospheric thermal structure in the evolution of orogenic systems: application to the Himalayan–Tibetan collision zone

Mengxue Liu, Dinghui Yang, and Rui Qi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-1155-2023-supplement

Model code and software

The role of continental lithospheric thermal structure in the evolution of orogenic systems: Application to the Himalayan-Tibetan collision zone, Version v2 M. X. Liu https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8076545

Short summary

The continuous subduction mainly occurs with a relatively cold overriding lithosphere (T_moho ≤ 450 °C), while slab break-off dominates when the model has a relatively hot procontinental Moho temparature (T_moho ≥ 500 °C). H_r is more prone to facilitating the deformation of the lithospheric upper part than altering the collision mode. The lithospheric thermal structure may have played a significant role in the development of Himalayan–Tibetan orogenic lateral heterogeneity.