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Nature 434, 963-964 (21 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434963a; Published online 20 April 2005
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Earth science: Cracking the Himalaya
Douglas W. Burbank1
Abstract
The collision of India with Asia causes large earthquakes and active faults along the southern margin of the Himalaya. But has localized erosion by monsoon rains created new faults in the interior of the range?
The provocative idea that climatically driven erosion could govern tectonic deformation has instigated a decade of geodynamic models1, 2, 3 and geological studies4, 5 that explore potential climate–tectonic feedbacks. According to this idea, erosion of mass from Earth's surface may determine where tectonic deformation is most rapid.
- Douglas W. Burbank is at the Institute for Crustal Studies, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
e-mail: Email: burbank@crustal.ucsb.edu
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