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- Title
Earth science: Palaeo-altimetry of Tibet.
- Authors
Molnar, Peter; Houseman, Gregory A.; England, Philip C.
- Abstract
Arising from: D. B. Rowley & B. S. Currie 439, 677–681 (2006); Rowley & Currie replyThe 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 Currie 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.
- Subjects
TIBETAN Plateau; CHINA; GEOLOGICAL formations; STRATIGRAPHIC geology; LANDFORMS; GEOLOGICAL basins; STRUCTURAL geology
- Publication
Nature, 2006, Vol 444, Issue 7117, pE4
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nature05368