The role of pre-existing weak zones in the formation of the Himalaya and Tibetan plateau: 3-D thermomechanical modelling

Keyphrases

• Himalaya 100%
• Tibetan Plateau 100%
• 3-D Thermomechanical Modeling 100%
• Locally Weak Zone 100%
• Retro 66%
• Orogenic Plateau 66%
• Suture Zone 66%
• Indenter 33%
• Northern Limit 33%
• Deeply Buried 33%
• Crustal Thickening 33%
• Orogen 33%
• Tibetan Crust 33%
• Plateau Growth 33%
• Crustal Materials 33%
• Convergent Margin 33%
• Weak Zone 33%
• Himalayan Range 33%
• Southern Flank 33%
• Thermomechanical Simulation 33%
• Collisional Zone 33%
• Greater Himalayan Sequence 33%
• Rheological Weakening 33%
• Continental Collision 33%
• Orogenic Wedge 33%
• Northward Propagation 33%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Himalayas 100%
• Tibetan Plateau 100%
• Exhumation 33%
• Crustal Thickening 33%
• Convergent Margin 33%
• Continental Collision 33%