Crustal–lithospheric structure and continental extrusion of Tibet

MP Searle, JR Elliott, RJ Phillips… - Journal of the …, 2011 - lyellcollection.org
Crustal shortening and thickening to c. 70–85 km in the Tibetan Plateau occurred both
before and mainly after the c. 50 Ma India–Asia collision. Potassic–ultrapotassic shoshonitic …

The Himalayan collisional orogeny: A metamorphic perspective

J Wang, F Wu, J Zhang, G Khanal… - Acta Geologica Sinica …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces how crustal thickening controls the growth of the Himalaya by
summarizing the P‐T‐t evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core. The Himalayan …

[PDF][PDF] Mesozoic–Cenozoic geological evolution of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogen and working tectonic hypotheses

P Kapp, PG DeCelles - American Journal of Science, 2019 - ajsonline.org
The Himalayan-Tibetan orogen culminated during the Cenozoic India--Asia collision, but its
geological framework and initial growth were fundamentally the result of multiple, previous …

[HTML][HTML] Structural segmentation controlled the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake rupture in Nepal

J Hubbard, R Almeida, A Foster, SN Sapkota… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The ongoing collision of India with Asia is partly accommodated by slip on the Main
Himalayan Thrust (MHT). The 25 April 2015, M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake is the most recent …

Petrogenesis of the Ramba leucogranite in the Tethyan Himalaya and constraints on the channel flow model

ZC Liu, FY Wu, WQ Ji, JG Wang, CZ Liu - Lithos, 2014 - Elsevier
The Himalayan leucogranites are critical for understanding the geodynamic process of
Himalayan orogenesis. In this article, we present petrological, geochronological and …

Characterizing the Main Himalayan Thrust in the Garhwal Himalaya, India with receiver function CCP stacking

WB Caldwell, SL Klemperer, JF Lawrence… - Earth and Planetary …, 2013 - Elsevier
We use common conversion point (CCP) stacking of Ps receiver functions to image the
crustal structure and Moho of the Garhwal Himalaya of India. Our seismic array of 21 …

Exhumation, crustal deformation, and thermal structure of the Nepal Himalaya derived from the inversion of thermochronological and thermobarometric data and …

F Herman, P Copeland, JP Avouac… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Two end‐member kinematic models of crustal shortening across the Himalaya are currently
debated: one assumes localized thrusting along a single major thrust fault, the Main …

Geologic correlation of the Himalayan orogen and Indian craton: Part 2. Structural geology, geochronology, and tectonic evolution of the Eastern Himalaya

A Yin, CS Dubey, TK Kelty, AAG Webb… - …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Despite being the largest active collisional orogen on Earth, the growth mechanism of the
Himalaya remains uncertain. Current debate has focused on the role of dynamic interaction …

Cenozoic tectonic history of the Himachal Himalaya (northwestern India) and its constraints on the formation mechanism of the Himalayan orogen

AAG Webb, A Yin, TM Harrison, J Célérier… - …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A central debate for the evolution of the Himalayan orogen is how the Greater Himalayan
Crystalline complex in its core was emplaced during the Cenozoic Indo-Asian collision …

The Kumaun and Garwhal Lesser Himalaya, India: Part 1. Structure and stratigraphy

J Célérier, TM Harrison… - Geological Society of …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Our understanding of the geologic evolution of the Himalaya remains incomplete,
particularly in regard to structural and geochronologic details of the Proterozoic-Paleozoic …