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Arita, K., 1983. Origin of the inverted metamorphism of the Lower Himalayas Central Nepal. Tectonophysics 95, 43-60.

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Nature

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Journal of Geophysical Research

Bird, P. (1978) Initiation of intracontinental subduction in the Himalaya. J. Geophys. Res., 83, 4975-4987.

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Chen, W.P., and P. Molnar, Focal depth of intracontinental and intraplate eqthquakes and their implications for ther thermal and mechanical properties of the lithosphere, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 4183-4214, 1983

Chen, W.P., J.L. Nabelek, T.J. Fitch and P. Molnar, an intermediate earthquake beneath Tibet: Source characteristics of the event of spetember 14, 1976, J. Geophys. Res., 86, 2863-2876, 1981

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Himalayan Geology

Bordet, P., Colchen, M., Le Fort, P., 1972. Some features of the geology of the Annapurna range, Nepal Himalaya. Himalayan Geology 2, 537-563.

Geological Society Special Publication

Brown, R.L. and Nazarchuk, J.H. (1993) Annapurna detachment fault in the Greater Himalaya of central Nepal. In Trealor, P.J., and Searle, M.P., (Eds.), Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society Special Publication, 74, pp. 461-473.

Harris, N., Inger, S., and Massey, J. (1993) The role of fluids in the formation of High Himalayan leucogranites. In Trealor, P.J., and Searle, M.P., (Eds.), Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society Special Publication, 74, pp. 391-400.

Pognante, U. and Benna, P. (1993) Metamorphic zonation, migmitization and leucogranites along the Everest transect of Eastern Nepal and Tibet: Record of an exhumation history. In Trealor, P.J., and Searle, M.P., (Eds.), Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society Special Publication, 74, pp. 323-340.

Schneider, C. and Masch, L. (1993) The metamorphism of the Tibet Series from the Manang area, Marsyandi Valley, central Nepal. In Trealor, P.J., Searle, M.P., (Eds.), Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society Special Publication, 74, pp. 357-374.

Trealor, P.J., and Searle, M.P., (Eds.), Geology and tectomagmatic evolution of the eastern Himalaya along Chomolungma-Makalu transect, Himalayan Tectonics. Geological Society Special Publication, 74, pp. 341-355.

GSA Bulletin

Brozovic, N. and Burbank, D.W. (2000) Dynamic fluvial systems and gravel progradation in the Himalayan foreland. GSA Bull., 112, 394-412.

Burbank, D.W., Verges, J., Mufioz, J.A., and Bentham, P. (1992) Coeval hindward and forward-imbricating thrusting in the south central Pyrenees, Spain: timing and rates of shortening and deposition. GSA Bull., 104, 3-17.

Coleman, M.E. (1996a) Orogen-parallel and orogen-perpendicular extension in the central Nepalese Himalayas. GSA Bull., 108, 1594-1607.

DeCelles, P. G., Gehrels, G. E., Quade, J., Ojha, T. P., Kapp, P. A., and Upreti, B. N., 1998, Neogene foreland basin deposits, erosional unroofing, and the kinematic history of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt, western Nepal: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 110, p. 2-21.

Garzione, C.N., DeCelles, P.G., Hodkinson, D., and Ojha, T.P., Evolution of Thakkhola graben, central Himalaya of Nepal, Geological Society of America Bulletin, in press.

Ojha, T. P., Butler, R. F., Quade, J., DeCelles, P. G., Richards, D., and Upreti, B. N., 2000, Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Neogene Siwalik Group at Khutia Khola, Farwestern Nepal: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 112, p. 424-434.

Parrish, R.R. and Hodges, K.V. (1996) Isotopic constraints on the age and provenance of the Lesser and Greater Himalaya sequences, Nepalese Himalaya. GSA Bull., 108, 904-911.

Quade, J., Cater, J.M.L., Ohja, T.P., Adam, J., and Harrison, T.M. (1995) Late Miocene environmental change in Nepal and the northern Indian subcontinent: stable isotopic evidence from paleosols. GSA Bull., 107, 1381-1397.

Geological Society of America

Burchfiel, B.C., Chen, Z., Hodges, K.V., Liu, Y., Royden, L.H., Deng, C., Xu, J., 1992. The south Tibetan Detachment System Himalayan orogen. Extension contemporaneous with and parallel to shortening in a collisional mountain belt. Special paper Geological Society of America 269, 41.

Geology

Burchfiel, C.B. and Royden L.H. (1985) North-South extension within the convergent Himalayan region. Geology, 13, 679-682.

Garzione, C. N., Dettman, D. L., Quade, J., DeCelles, P. G., and Butler, R. F., 2000, High times on the Tibetan Plateau: paleoelevation of the Thakkhola graben, Nepal: Geology, v. 28, p. 339-342.

Godin, L., Brown, R.L., Hanmer, S., and Parrish, R.R. (1999a) Back folds in the Himalayan orogen: an alternative interpretation. Geology, 27, 151-154.

Harrison, T.M., Grove M., and Lovera O.M. (1997a) New insights into the origin of two contrasting Himalayan granite belts. Geology, 25, 899-902.

Hodges, K., Bowring, S., Davidek, K., Hawkins, D., and Krol, M. (1998) Evidence for rapid displacement on Himalayan normal faults and the importance of tectonic denudation in the evolution of mountain ranges. Geology, 26, 483-486.

Hodges, K.V., Le Fort, P., and Pêcher, A. (1988) Possible thermal buffering by crustal anatexis in collisional orogens: thermobarometric evidence from the Nepalese Himalaya. Geology, 16, 707-710.

Robinson, D.M., DeCelles, P.G., Garzione, C.N., Pearson, O.N., Harrison,T.M., Catlos, E.J., Kinematic model for the Main Central thrust, Nepal, Geology, in review.

Simpson, R.L., Parrish, R.R., Searle, M.P., and Waters, D.J. (2000) Two episodes of monazite crystallization during metamorphism and crustal melting in the Everest region of the Nepalese Himalaya. Geology, 28, 403-406.

Journal of Structural Geology

Burg, J.P., Brunel, M., Gapais, D., Chen G.M., and Liu, G.H. (1984) Deformation of leucogranites of the crystalline Main Central Sheet in southern Tibet (China). J. Str. Geol., 6, 535-542.

Mugnier, J. L., B. Delcaillau, P. Huyghe, and P. Leturmy, The break-back thrust splay of the Main Dun Thrust (Himalayas of western Nepal): evidence of an intermediate displacement scale between earthquake slip and finite geometry of thrust systems, J. Struct. Geol., 20, 857–864, 1998.

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Carosi, R., Lombardo, B., Molli, G., Musumeci, G., and Pertusati, P.C. (1998) The South Tibetan Detachment System in the Rongbuk valley, Everest region. Deformation and geological implications. J. Asian Earth Sci., 16, 299-311.

Guillot, S. (1999) An overview of the metamorphic evolution in Central Nepal. J. Asian Earth Sci., 17, 713-725.

Harrison, T.M., Grove, M., Lovera, O.M., Catlos, E.J., and D'Andrea, J. (1999a) The origin of Himalayan anatexis and inverted metamorphism: Models and constraints. J. Asian Earth Sci., 17, 755-772.

Macfarlane, A.M. (1999) The metamorphic history of the crystalline rocks in the high Himalaya, Nepal: insights from thermobarometric data. J. Asian Earth Sci., 17, 741-753.

Pandey, M.R., Tandukar, R.P., Avouac, J.P., Vergne, J., and Héritier, Th. (1999) Seismotectonics of the Nepal Himalaya from a local seismic network. J. Asian Earth Sci., 17, 703-712.

Singh, K. and Thakur V.C. (2001) Microstructures and strain variation acrossthe footwall of the Main Central Thrust Zone, Garhwal Himalaya, India. J. Asian Earth Sci., 19, 17-29.

GSA Special Paper

Carosi, R., Musumeci, G., and Pertusati, P.C. (1999b) Extensional tectonics in the higher Himalayan crystallines of Khumbu Himal, Eastern Nepal. In

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American Mineralogist

Catlos, E.J., Sorensen, S.S., and Harrison, T.M. (2000) Th-Pb ion-microprobe dating of allanite. Am. Min., 85, 633-648.

Geophysical Journal International

Gautam, P. and E. Appel, Magnetic-polarity stratigraphy of Siwalik Group sediments of Tinau Khola section in west central Nepal, revisited, Geophys. J. Int., 117, 223–234, 1994.

R¨osler, W. and E. Appel, Fidelity and time resolution of the magnetostratigraphic record in Siwalik sediments: high-resolution study of a complete polarity transition and evidence for cryptochrons in Miocene fluviatile section, Geophys. J. Int., 135, 861–875, 1998.

R¨osler, W., W. Metzler, and E. Appel, Neogene magnetic polarity stratigraphy of some fluviatile Siwalik sections, Nepal, Geophys. J. Int., 130,

Tectonics

Coleman, M.E. and Hodges, K.V. (1998) Contrasting Oligocene and Miocene thermal histories from the hanging wall and footwall of the South Tibetan detachment in the central Nepal Himalaya from 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology, Marsyandi Valley, central Nepal. Tectonics, 17, 726-740.

England, P.C. and Molnar, P. (1993) The interpretation of inverted metamorphic isograds using simple physical calculations. Tectonics, 12, 145-157.
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Hubbard, M.S. and Harrison, T.M. (1989) 40Ar/39Ar constraints on deformation and metamorphism in the Main Central Thrust zone and Tibetan Slab, eastern Nepal Himalaya. Tectonics, 8, 865-880.
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Schelling, D. (1992) The tectonostratigraphy and structure of the Eastern Nepal Himalaya. Tectonics, 11, 925-943. 338

Schelling, D. and Arita, K. (1991) Thrust tectonics, crustal shortening, and the structure of the far-eastern Nepal Himalayas. Tectonics, 10, 851-862.

Transaction of the American Geophysical Union

Coleman, M.E., Parish, R.R., 1995. Constraints on Miocene high-temperature deformation and anatexis within the Greater Himalaya from U-Pb geochronology. EOS Transactions of the American Geological Union 76, F708.

Science

DeCelles, P. G., Gehrels, G. E., Quade, J., Lareau, B., and Spurlin, M., 2000, Tectonic implications of U-Pb detrital zircon ages from the Himalayan orogenic belt, Nepal: Science, v 288, p. 497-499.

Hodges, K.V., Parrish, R.R., Housh, T.B., Lux, D.R., Burchfiel, L.H., Royden, L.H., and Chen, Z. (1992) Simultaneous Miocene extension and shortening in the Himalayan orogen. Science, 258, 1466-1470.

Nelson, K.D., Zhao, W., Brown, L.D., and others (1996) Partially molten crust beneath Southern Tibet: synthesis of project INDEPTH results. Science, 274, 1684-1688.

Geomorphology

Schramm, J.-M., Weidinger J.T., and Ibetsberger, H.J. (1998) Petrologic and structural controls on geomorphology of prehistoric Tsergo Ri slope failure, Langtang Himal, Nepal. Geomorphology, 26, 107-121.

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

English, N. B., Quade, J., DeCelles, P. G., and Garzione, C. N., 2000, Geologic control of Sr and major element chemistry in Himalayan rivers, Nepal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 64, p. 2549-2566.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Garzione, C. N., Quade, J., DeCelles P. G., and English, N. B., 2000, Predicting paleoelevation of Tibet and the Nepal Himalaya from d18O vs. altitude gradients in meteoric water across the Nepal Himalaya: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 183, p. 215-230.

Harrison, T.M., McKeegan, K.D., and Le Fort, P. (1995) Detection of inherited monazite in the Manaslu leucogranite by 208Pb/232Th ion microprobe dating: crystallization age and tectonic implications. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 133, 271-282.

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Journal of Petrology
Harrison, T.M., Grove, M., McKeegan, K.D., Coath, C.D., Lovera, O.M., and Le Fort, P. (1999b) Origin and emplacement of the Manaslu intrusive complex, Central Himalaya. J. Petrology, 40, 3-19.

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Hubbard, M.S. (1989) Thermobarometric constraints on the thermal history of the Main Central Thrust Zone and Tibet Slab, eastern Nepal Himalaya. J. Metamorph. Geol., 7, 19-30.

Inger, S. and Harris, N.B.W. (1992) Tectonothermal evolution of the High Himalaya Crystalline sequence, Langtang Valley, northern Nepal. J. Metamorph. Geol., 10, 439-452.

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Vannay, J-C. and Hodges, K.V. (1996) Tectonometamorphic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core between Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, central Nepal. J. Metamorph. Geol., 14, 635-656.

Chemical Geology

Kerrick, D.M. and Caldeira, K. (1993) Paleoatmospheric consequences of CO2 released during early Cenozoic regional metamorphism in the Tethyan orogen. Chemical Geol., 108, 201-230.

American Journal of Science

Coleman, M.E. (1998) U-Pb constraints on Oligocene-Miocene deformation and anatexis within the central Himalaya, Marsyandi Valley, Nepal. Am. J. Sci., 298, 553-571.

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Geological Bulletin Special Issue

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Journal of Geodynamics

Lombardo, B. and Rolfo, F. (2000) Two contrasting eclogite types in the Himalayas: implications for the Himalayan orogeny. J. Geodyn., 30, 37-60.

Journal of Japan Society of Engineering Geologists

Moribayashi, S. and Maruo, Y., 1980. Basement topography of the Kathmandu valley, Nepal- An application of gravitational method to the survey of a tectonic basin in the Himalayas, Jour. Japan Soc. Engng. Geol. 21, 30-37.

Geophysical Research Letters

Pandey, M.R., Lavé, J., and Massot, J.P. (1995) Interseismic strain accumulation on the Himalayan Crustal Ramp (Nepal). Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 751-754.

Journal of Geological Society, London

Searle, M.P. (1999) Extensional and compressional faults in the Everest-Lhotse massif, Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal. J. Geol. Soc. London, 156, 227-240.

J. Palaeo. Soc. India

Valdiya, K.S. (1993) Evidence for Pan-African-Cadomian tectonic upheavals in the Himalaya. J. Palaeo. Soc. India, 38, 51-62.

Precambrian Research

Valdiya, K.S. (1995) Proterozoic sedimentation and Pan-African geodynamic development in the Himalaya. Precambrian Res., 74, 35-55.

J. Geology

Harrison, T. M., P. Copeland, S. A. Hall, J. Quade, S. Burner, T. P. Ojha, and W. S. F. Kidd, Isotopic preservation of Himalayan/Tibetan uplift, denudation, and climatic histories in two molasse deposits, J. Geology, 101, 157–175, 1993.Hubbard, M.S. (1996) Ductile shear as a cause of inverted metamorphism: example from the Nepal Himalaya. J. Geology, 104, 493-499.

The Island Arc

Arita, K., Dallmeyer, R.D., Takasu, A., 1997. Tectonothermal evolution of the Lesser Himalaya Nepal: Constraints from 40Ar/39Ar ages from the Kathmandu Nappe. The Island Arc 6, 372-385.

Current Science

Bilham, R., Blume, F., Bendick, R., Gaur, V.K., 1998. Geodetic straints on the translation and deformation of India: Implications for future great Himalayan earthquakes. Current Science 74, 213-229.

Raval, U. (2000) Laterally heterogeneous seismic vulnerability of the Himalayan arc: A consequence of cratonic and mobile nature of underthrusting Indian crust. Curr. Science, 78, 546-549.

Valdiya, K.S. (1994) Strong-motion earthquakes in Himalaya- Geological Perspective. Curr. Science, 67, 313-323.

Miscellaneous Publications

1. The Tectonic Evolution of Asia. Cambridge University Press
Houseman and England (1996) A lithospheric-thickening model for the Indo-Asian collision. In Yin, A., and Harrison, T.M., (Eds.), The Tectonic Evolution of Asia. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-17.
Le Fort, P. (1996) Evolution of the Himalaya. In Yin, A., and Harrison, T.M., (Eds.), The Tectonic Evolution of Asia. Cambridge University Press, pp. 95-109.
Burbank, D.W., R. A. Beck, and T. Mulder, The Himalayan foreland basin, in The Tectonic Evolution of Asia, edited by A. Yin and M. Harrison, pp. 149–188, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

2. Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change
Copeland, P. (1997) The when and where of the growth of the Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau. In Ruddiman, W.F., (Ed.), Tectonic uplift and climate change. PlenumPress, pp. 19-40.

3. Valdiya, K.S. (1992) The Main Boundary Thrust Zone of the Himalaya, India. Annales