Regional Pliocene exhumation of the Lesser Himalaya in the Indus drainage

Clift, Peter D.; Zhou, Peng; Stockli, Daniel F.; Blusztajn, Jerzy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-647-2019

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-647-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-647-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

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16 May 2019

Research article |

| 16 May 2019

Regional Pliocene exhumation of the Lesser Himalaya in the Indus drainage

Peter D. Clift, Peng Zhou, Daniel F. Stockli, and Jerzy Blusztajn

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RC1: 'Regional Pliocene Exhumation of the Lesser Himalaya in the Indus Drainage', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'Rebuttal of reviewer comments', Peter Clift, 24 Feb 2019
RC2: 'Comment on Regional Pliocene Exhumation of the Lesser Himalaya in the Indus Drainage', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Mar 2019
- AC2: 'Response to reviewer 2', Peter Clift, 03 Apr 2019

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Short summary

Surface processes driven by climate have been linked to the tectonic evolution of mountain belts, with the Himalaya and Asian monsoon being classic examples. Sediments from the Arabian Sea show an increase in erosion from the Karakoram between 17 and 9.5 Ma, followed by an increase in the relative flux from the Himalaya after 5.7 Ma and especially from the Lesser Himalaya after 1.9 Ma. Lack of correlation with climate histories suggests that tectonic forces dominate control over erosion.