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Nature 444, E4-E5 (16 November 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature05369; Published online 15 November 2006

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Earth science: Palaeo-altimetry of Tibet (reply)

D. B. Rowley1 & B. S. Currie2

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Molnar et al.1 question our conclusion on the role of convective destabilization of thickened mantle lithosphere in determining the surface elevation history of the Tibetan plateau. The primary argument depends on our interpretation2, 3 of oxygen-isotope-based estimates of palaeo-elevation of the Lunpola basin, a locality in the centre of the plateau.

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