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Catherine Mottram

Researcher at University of Portsmouth

Publications -  20
Citations -  470

Catherine Mottram is an academic researcher from University of Portsmouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Geology & Main Central Thrust. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 343 citations. Previous affiliations of Catherine Mottram include Dalhousie University & Open University.

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Developing an inverted Barrovian sequence; insights from monazite petrochronology

TL;DR: In this article, petrochronologic methods applied here constrain a complex temporal and thermal deformation history, and demonstrate that inverted metamorphic sequences can preserve a rich record of the duration of progressive ductile evolution of the thrust.
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Tectonic interleaving along the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya

TL;DR: In this paper, structural analysis, whole-rock Nd isotopes, and U-Pb zircon geochronology reveal that the hanging wall of the Himalayan orogen is characterized by detrital Zircon peaks at c. 800-1000 Ma, 1500-1700 Ma and 2300-2500 Ma and an ϵ Nd(0) signature of −18.3 to −12.1.
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Using U-Th-Pb petrochronology to determine rates of ductile thrusting: Time windows into the Main Central Thrust, Sikkim Himalaya

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used U-Th-Pb monazite ages, compositions, and metamorphic pressure-temperature determinations from rocks directly beneath the Main Central Thrust (MCT) to calculate the minimum rate of movement on a major ductile fault zone, the MCT, by a novel methodology.
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Deconvolving the pre-Himalayan Indian margin – tales of crustal growth and destruction

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new detrital zircon Hf analyses from LHS and GHS samples spanning over 1000 km along the orogen that respectively show a striking similarity in age spectra and Hf isotope ratios.
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Using monazite and zircon petrochronology to constrain the P–T–t evolution of the middle crust in the Bhutan Himalaya

TL;DR: In this article, the ages of different growth zones in zircon and monazite in a garnet-bearing anatectic metapelite from the Greater Himalayan Sequence in NW Bhutan were investigated via a combination of thermodynamic modelling, microtextural data and interpretation of trace-element chemical ‘fingerprint’ indicators in order to link them to the metamorphic stage at which they crystallized.