Nature and timing of Quaternary glaciation in the Himalayan–Tibetan orogen

LA Owen, JM Dortch - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Much effort has been made in recent years to define the timing and extent of Quaternary
glaciation throughout the Himalayan–Tibetan orogen. These studies are challenging …

Mountains as evolutionary arenas: patterns, emerging approaches, paradigm shifts, and their implications for plant phylogeographic research in the Tibeto-Himalayan …

AN Muellner-Riehl - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recently, the “mountain-geobiodiversity hypothesis”(MGH) was proposed as a key concept
for explaining the high levels of biodiversity found in mountain systems of the Tibeto …

Timing and climatic drivers for glaciation across semi-arid western Himalayan–Tibetan orogen

JM Dortch, LA Owen, MW Caffee - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Map** and forty-seven new 10 Be ages help define the timing of glaciation in the Ladakh
and Pangong Ranges in Northwest India. Five new local glacial stages are defined for the …

Subglacial basins: Their origin and importance in glacial systems and landscapes

SJ Cook, DA Swift - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Closed topographic basins are found beneath contemporary ice masses and within the
footprint of former ice masses in all glaciated regions. We present the first integrated review …

Significant increase in relief of the European Alps during mid-Pleistocene glaciations

PG Valla, DL Shuster, PA Van Der Beek - Nature geoscience, 2011 - nature.com
Some of Earth's greatest relief occurs where glacial processes act on mountain topography,.
This dramatic landscape is thought to be an imprint of Pleistocene glaciations,. However …

Timing and climatic drivers for glaciation across monsoon-influenced regions of the Himalayan–Tibetan orogen

MK Murari, LA Owen, JM Dortch, MW Caffee… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
Map** and thirty-eight 10 Be terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide (TCN) ages help define the
timing of glaciation in the monsoon-influenced Greater Himalaya in central Garwhal, India …

The Qs problem: Sediment volumetric balance of proximal foreland basin systems

PA Allen, JJ Armitage, A Carter, RA Duller… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although the stratigraphy of sedimentary basins depends on the balance between the
magnitude and grain‐size characteristics of the sediment supply (Qs) and the spatial …

River loads and modern denudation of the Alps—A review

M Hinderer, M Kastowski, A Kamelger, C Bartolini… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper presents the first comprehensive analysis of sediment and dissolved load across
an entire mountain range. We investigate patterns and rates of modern denudation of the …

Plio‐Pleistocene increase of erosion rates in mountain belts in response to climate change

F Herman, JD Champagnac - Terra Nova, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Here, we review an ensemble of observations that point towards a global increase of
erosion rates in regions of elevated mountain belts, or otherwise high relief, since the onset …

Slab rollback orogeny in the Alps and evolution of the Swiss Molasse basin

F Schlunegger, E Kissling - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
The stratigraphies of foreland basins have been related to orogeny, where continent–
continent collision causes the construction of topography and the downwar** of the …