Search Results - "Rowley, David B."

Large-scale subduction of continental crust implied by India–Asia mass-balance calculation by Ingalls, Miquela, Rowley, David B., Currie, Brian, Colman, Albert S.

“…Continental crust is buoyant compared with its oceanic counterpart and resists subduction into the mantle. When two continents collide, the mass balance for…”
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Earth's Isostatic and Dynamic Topography—A Critical Perspective by Forte, Alessandro M., Rowley, David B.

“…Earth's topography arises from the linear superposition of isostatic and dynamic contributions. The isostatic contribution reflects the distribution of…”
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Palaeo-altimetry of the late Eocene to Miocene Lunpola basin, central Tibet by Currie, Brian S, Rowley, David B

“…The elevation history of the Tibetan plateau provides direct insight into the tectonic processes associated with continent-continent collisions. Here we…”
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Dynamic Topography Change of the Eastern United States Since 3 Million Years Ago by Rowley, David B., Forte, Alessandro M., Moucha, Robert, Mitrovica, Jerry X., Simmons, Nathan A., Grand, Stephen P.

“…Sedimentary rocks from Virginia through Florida record marine flooding during the mid-Pliocene. Several wave-cut scarps that at the time of deposition would…”
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Age of Initiation of the India‐Asia Collision in the East‐Central Himalaya by Zhu, Bin, Kidd, William S. F., Rowley, David B., Currie, Brian S., Shafique, Naseer

“…We document the stratigraphy and provenance of the lower Tertiary terrigenous sections in the Zhepure Shan region of the Tethyan Himalaya, southern Tibet,…”
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Deep mantle forces and the uplift of the Colorado Plateau by Moucha, Robert, Forte, Alessandro M., Rowley, David B., Mitrovica, Jerry X., Simmons, Nathan A., Grand, Stephen P.

“…We introduce a quantitative model of global mantle convection that reconstructs the detailed motion of a warm mantle upwelling over the last 30 Ma towards the…”
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A new approach to stable isotope-based paleoaltimetry: implications for paleoaltimetry and paleohypsometry of the High Himalaya since the Late Miocene by Rowley, David B, Pierrehumbert, Raymond T, Currie, Brian S

“…The change in oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation is modeled using equilibrium fractionation during Rayleigh distillation linked to the thermodynamics…”
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Comparing Paleomagnetic Study Means With Apparent Wander Paths: A Case Study and Paleomagnetic Test of the Greater India Versus Greater Indian Basin Hypotheses by Rowley, David B.

“…This paper discusses the framework for comparing independent study means (SMs) with averages of aggregated study mean paleomagnetic poles, hereafter referred…”
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Cenozoic paleoaltimetry of the SE margin of the Tibetan Plateau: Constraints on the tectonic evolution of the region by Li, Shanying, Currie, Brian S., Rowley, David B., Ingalls, Miquela

“…•We report lacustrine carbonate δ18O from three basins in SE Tibet and Yunnan.•Basin paleoelevation was model-based calculated from δ18O.•SE Yunnan reached its…”
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Geochemical Evaluation of Fenghuoshan Group Lacustrine Carbonates, North‐Central Tibet: Implications for the Paleoaltimetry of the Eocene Tibetan Plateau by Cyr, Andrew J., Currie, Brian S., Rowley, David B.

“…A sedimentologic, petrologic, and geochemical evaluation of lacustrine carbonates from the Eocene‐Oligocene Fenghuoshan Group of north‐central Tibet provides…”
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“…Key Points van Hinsbergen has mischaracterized the analysis presented…”
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Kinematics and dynamics of the East Pacific Rise linked to a stable, deep-mantle upwelling by Rowley, David B, Forte, Alessandro M, Rowan, Christopher J, Glišović, Petar, Moucha, Robert, Grand, Stephen P, Simmons, Nathan A

“…Earth's tectonic plates are generally considered to be driven largely by negative buoyancy associated with subduction of oceanic lithosphere. In this context,…”
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Earth’s Constant Mean Elevation: Implication for Long-Term Sea Level Controlled by Oceanic Lithosphere Dynamics in a Pitman World by Rowley, David B.

“…On a spherical Earth, the mean elevation (approximately −2440 m) would be everywhere at a mean Earth radius from the center. This directly links an elevation…”
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Minimum Age of Initiation of Collision Between India and Asia North of Everest Based on the Subsidence History of the Zhepure Mountain Section by Rowley, David B.

“…The collision of India with Asia, one of the most profound tectonic events to have occurred in past 100 m.y., is thought to have had geological, geochemical,…”
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Oceanic axial depth and age-depth distribution of oceanic lithosphere; comparison of magnetic anomaly picks versus age-grid models by Rowley, David B

“…The oceanic age-depth relationship is a fundamental consequence of Earth's convective system. The new analysis presented here integrates four major data sets…”
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Stable Isotope-Based Paleoaltimetry by Rowley, David B, Garzione, Carmala N

“…The quantitative estimation of paleoaltitude has become an increasing focus of Earth scientists because surface elevation provides constraints on the…”
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Sea Level: Earth’s Dominant Elevation—Implications for Duration and Magnitudes of Sea Level Variations by Rowley, David B.

“…High-resolution digital elevation models of Earth’s solid-fluid interface reveal that Earth’s bimodal elevation distribution is characterized by a dominant…”
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Joint seismic–geodynamic-mineral physical modelling of African geodynamics: A reconciliation of deep-mantle convection with surface geophysical constraints by Forte, Alessandro M., Quéré, Sandrine, Moucha, Robert, Simmons, Nathan A., Grand, Stephen P., Mitrovica, Jerry X., Rowley, David B.

“…Recent progress in seismic tomography provides the first complete 3-D images of the combined thermal and chemical anomalies that characterise the unique…”
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Paleoaltimetry of the Tibetan Plateau from D/ H ratios of lipid biomarkers by Polissar, Pratigya J., Freeman, Katherine H., Rowley, David B., McInerney, Francesca A., Currie, Brian S.

“…The past elevation of the land surface provides a unique constraint on the underlying lithospheric structure during mountain and plateau formation. Development…”
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A Cretaceous-Eocene depositional age for the Fenghuoshan Group, Hoh Xil Basin: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the northern Tibet Plateau by Staisch, Lydia M., Niemi, Nathan A., Hong, Chang, Clark, Marin K., Rowley, David B., Currie, Brian

“…The Fenghuoshan Group marks the initiation of terrestrial deposition in the Hoh Xil Basin and preserves the first evidence of uplift above sea level of…”
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