Palaeo-altimetry of Tibet

Peter Molnar (), Gregory A. Houseman and Philip C. England
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Peter Molnar: University of Colorado
Gregory A. Houseman: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Philip C. England: Oxford University

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7117, E4-E4

Abstract: Abstract Arising from: D. B. Rowley & B. S. Currie Nature 439, 677–681 (2006); Rowley & Currie reply The determination of palaeo-elevation has emerged in the past 15 years as an important tool for constraining physical processes that govern the formation of mountain belts. Rowley and Currie1 report palaeo-elevations for the Lunpola basin within the Tibetan plateau and claim that these elevations are incompatible with 'mantle-thickening models' for mountain formation. We show here that their data do not support this conclusion and, indeed, are consistent with its opposite. The Tibetan plateau could have risen by a kilometre or more as its dense lower lithosphere sank into the underlying mantle.

Date: 2006
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