 | Cottle, John M., Searle, Michael P., Jessup, Micah J., Crowley, James L., Law, Richard D. (2015) Rongbuk re-visited: Geochronology of leucogranites in the footwall of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Everest Region, Southern Tibet. Lithos, 227. 94-106 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2015.03.019 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Tibetan Detachment System, Everest Region, Southern Tibet John M. Cottle a,⁎, Michael P. Searle b, Micah J...South Tibetan Detachment a b s t r a c t The Hermit's Gorge area adjacent to the Rongbuk Glacier on the...Monazite from four leucogranite samples in the Hermit's Gorge that bracket the timing of ductile fabric development...Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) but in Nepal–South Tibet kyanite is recorded along the top of the GHS beneath...most of the GHS midcrustal region in Nepal–South Tibet (e.g., Simpson et al., 2000; Jessup et al., 2008) |  | | Report (chapter) | | the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif, Tibet/Nepal: implications for orogen-scale flow partitioning...valley on the north side of the Everest massif, Tibet (Law et al. 2004); and (3) preliminary results from... The topographic relief of the Everest massif, Tibet/Nepal (Fig. 1), provides a window into mid-crustal...exhumation of the GHS. Tectonic setting The Himalaya-Tibet orogenic system has accommodated crustal convergence...extending for at least 200 km northward beneath Tibet. In this revised channel flow model (incorporating |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Henry Hayden's pioneer investiga? tions during the Tibet Expedition of 1903-4." Heron's work was largely...elevated I have scarcely anything to plateau of Tibet is predominantly formed. add to the work of Sir...the snout of the Rongbuk Glacier, and here in the gorge it has excavated I found a most interesting section...This granite was pinkish in colour, contained tourmaline and garnet, and being poor in white mica frequently...one but contortions, point gorge a fault block had been turned in the gorge occurred a very coarse porphyritic |  | | Report (chapter) | | evolution of the Greater Himalaya in Nepal-South Tibet: implications for channel flow and ductile extrusion...reference to the Everest transect across Nepal-south Tibet. The catalyst for the early kyanite _ sillimanite...flow have been proposed for Tibet: firstly, lower crustal flow in eastern Tibet extruding east and SE around...observations that show the ground surface of north Tibet rotating around the eastern syntaxis as far as Yunnan...velocity vectors swing around to ENE in northern Tibet, east along the eastern margin of the plateau and |  | | Report (chapter) | | metamorphic rocks and migmatites. In southern Tibet and eastern Nepal (Fig. 1), the STDS typically consists...Everest–Dinggye region of eastern Nepal and southern Tibet, showing localities referred to in the text, and...the QD, contained quartz veins with biotite and tourmaline that indicated the action of hot fluids. The deformation... On the approach to Everest through Sikkim and Tibet and on the return journey he collected over 240...Monastery area), and in Law et al. (2011, Hermit’s Gorge), but differs from that of Searle et al. (2003) |  | | Report (chapter) | | Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China 3 Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and...and Development, Petrochina, Beijing 100083, China 4 Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Clermont Université...2001). Because the crust is exceptionally thick in Tibet (≥70 km; e.g. Hirn et al. 1984; Zhang et al. 2007)...Nyalam –Kodari road (or Friendship Highway) between China and Nepal (Fig. 1d), along the Bhote Kosi river...top-to-the-north/ normal motion of the TSS of south Tibet with respect to the GHS (Fig. 1c) (e.g. Burg 1983; |
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