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Structural drivers of exhumation in compressional orogens: examples from western Nepal
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Nadine McQuarrie
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Claire Battistella
Department of Geological Sciences and Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA
Delores M. Robinson
Department of Geological Sciences and Center for Sedimentary Basin Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401, USA
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Short summary
We evaluate the changes in geometry, kinematic sequence, and shortening rates that are necessary for integrating the cross-section geometry and kinematics with a thermal model and a landscape evolution model. Model results highlight that a combination of uplift over a northernly fault ramp and young out-of-sequence thrusts is required to reproduce the cooling ages and modern geomorphic metrics in western Nepal.
We evaluate the changes in geometry, kinematic sequence, and shortening rates that are necessary...
