Potential Influences of Middle and Lower Crustal Flow on Landscape Evolution: Insights From the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen

Byron Allen Adams; Kip Vernon Hodges

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00195-4

Potential Influences of Middle and Lower Crustal Flow on Landscape Evolution: Insights From the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen

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The Tibetan Plateau serves as a model for understanding the possible influence of middle and lower crustal flow on the geomorphic and tectonic evolution of continental plateau. This article presents the arguments in favor of a weak middle (and, in some areas, lower) crust beneath the plateau, and explores the development and features of popular models of the Himalayan-Tibetan orogenic system that incorporate lateral flow of this weak crust under the influence of gravity. Many long- and short-wavelength features of Tibetan and Himalayan landscapes are reasonably explained as a consequence of such flow.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Treatise on Geomorphology
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	729-748
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128182352
ISBN (Print)	9780128182345
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00195-4
State	Published - Jan 1 2022
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Channel flow
Climate
Continental plateaus
Crustal flow
Crustal rheology
Himalaya
Karakoram
Orographic precipitation
Tectonics
Tibet
Tibetan plateau

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Environmental Science(all)

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