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Nature Geoscience 1, 814 - 815 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo369

Subject Category: Geomorphology

Geomorphology: Mountains and monsoons

A. Joshua West1

  1. A. Joshua West is in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PR, UK.
    e-mail: Joshua.West@earth.ox.ac.uk


The influence of climate on mountain building has long been debated. A reconstruction for the past 25 million years suggests coincidence of Himalayan erosion and monsoon intensification, hinting at a causal relationship.

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