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Nature 455, 748-749 (9 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/455748a; Published online 8 October 2008
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Geomorphology: How Tibet might keep its edge
Lewis A. Owen1
Abstract
The stability of the margins of the Himalayan–Tibetan mountain belt constitutes a puzzle. Repeated damming of major Tibetan rivers by glaciers, so controlling river erosion, is a possible explanation.
The collision of the Indian and Asian continental plates is the most dramatic tectonic event that Earth has experienced in the past 50 million years. It resulted in the formation of the Himalayan–Tibetan mountain belt, the growth of which initiated the south Asian monsoon, created some of the world's greatest rivers and gorges, and established the most highly glaciated realm outside polar regions.
- Lewis A. Owen is in the Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, USA.
Email: lewis.owen@uc.edu
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Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorgeNature Letters to Editor (09 Oct 2008)
It has been debated whether rivers or glaciers are more effective agents of erosion. A global compilation of erosion rates reveals that both are capable of generating rates of erosion that match or exceed the highest rates of rock uplift. It has been debated whether rivers or glaciers are more effective agents of erosion. A global compilation of erosion rates reveals that both are capable of generating rates of erosion that match or exceed the highest rates of rock uplift.Nature Geoscience Letter (01 Sep 2009)
Supplementary Tables S1?S4Nature Geoscience Letter (01 May 2009)
