Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorge

A considerable amount of research has focused on how and when the Tibetan plateau formed in the wake of tectonic convergence between India and Asia1.

Publication Date: 
09/10/2008
Oliver Korup, David R. Montgomery
Nature
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Tags:
Soil Erosion, Himalaya, Eastern Himalaya, Glaciers, Rivers, Sedimentation, Monsoons, Climate Change, Geology, River Basin