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Corrigan, J.D. and Crowley, K.D. (1992). Unroofing of the Himalayas: A view from apatite fission-track analysis of Bengal fan sediments. Geophysical Research Letters 19: doi: 10.1029/92GL02743. issn: 0094-8276. |
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Apatite fission-track analysis of Early Miocene to Quaternary distal Bengal Fan sediments from ODP Leg 116 provides a unique perspective on denudation processes associated with the Tertiary Himalayan orogeny. These sediments yield pooled apatite fission-track ages that are 0- to 10-m.y. older than depositional ages. Mean track lengths range from 13.2 to 14.8 &mgr;m. These young ages and long track lengths indicate that rocks in the upper crust of Bengal Fan source areas cooled rapidly (≥15 ¿C/m.y.), implying denudation rates of several hundreds of meters per million years. These observations support the hypothesis that nearly continuous unroofing of a large source area, similar to the dimensions of the present Himalayan and southern Tibetan Plateau deformation front, and an efficient transport system, similar to the present Himalaya-Ganges-Brahmaputra system, supplied sediment to the Bengal Fan since the Early Miocene. ¿American Geophysical Union 1992 |
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Tectonophysics, Continental tectonics, Tectonophysics, Plate boundary structures and processes, Information Related to Geographic Region, Asia |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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