Format:
xii, 118 Seiten
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Diagramme, Illustrationen
Content:
Variations in the distribution of mass within an orogen may lead to transient sediment storage, which in turn might affect the state of stress and the level of fault activity. Distinguishing between different forcing mechanisms causing variations of sediment flux and tectonic activity, is therefore one of the most challenging tasks in understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of active mountain belts. The Himalayan mountain belt is one of the most significant Cenozoic collisional mountain belt, formed due to collision between northward-bound Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate during the last 55-50 Ma. Ongoing convergence of these two tectonic plates is accommodated by faulting and folding within the Himalayan arc-shaped orogen and the continued lateral and vertical growth of the Tibetan Plateau and mountain belts adjacent to the plateau as well as regions farther north. Growth of the Himalayan orogen is manifested by the development of successive south-vergent thrust systems. These thrust systems divide the orogen into different…
Note:
Dissertation (kumulativ) Universität Potsdam 2016
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Dey, Saptarshi Tectonic and climatic control on the evolution of the Himalayan mountain front Potsdam, 2016
Language:
English
Keywords:
Hochschulschrift
Author information:
Strecker, Manfred 1955-
