How Tibet might keep its edge

Lewis A. Owen
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Lewis A. Owen: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA. lewis.owen@uc.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 455, issue 7214, 748-749

Abstract: The stability of the margins of the Himalayan–Tibetan mountain belt constitutes a puzzle. Repeated damming of major Tibetan rivers by glaciers, so controlling river erosion, is a possible explanation.

Date: 2008
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