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

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Tibetan plateau river incision inhibited by glacial stabilization of the Tsangpo gorge [1]

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

Author(s): Oliver Korup [2], David R. Montgomery [3]

Source: Nature [4]

Vol:

455

Issue:

7214

pp:

786

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/tibetan-plateau-river-incision-inhibited-glacial-stabilization-tsangpo-gorge

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