Carmala N. Garzione

TL;DR: The surface uplift of mountain belts is generally assumed to reflect progressive shortening and crustal thickening, leading to their gradual rise as mentioned in this paper, but recent studies of the Andes indicate that their elevation remained relatively stable for long periods (tens of millions of years), separated by rapid (1 to 4 million years) changes of 1.5 kilometers or more.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided the basis for an incremental restoration of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt in western Nepal using regional mapping, stratigraphic study, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology.

TL;DR: G Gonfiantini et al. as discussed by the authors found that the oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonates deposited in the northern Altiplano demonstrate a rapid change in late Miocene time, which they attribute to an increase in elevation.

TL;DR: In this article, an approach to paleoaltimetry based on independent and simultaneous determinations of soil temperatures and the oxygen isotope compositions of soil waters, constrained by measurements of abundances of O bonds in soil carbonates, is presented.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors pointed out that deformation in northern Tibet began essentially at the time of collision with India, not 10-20 Myr later as might be expected if the locus of activity migrated northward as India penetrated the rest of Eurasia.