Caltech Tectonics Observatory. Indo-Asian Collision Zone

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• Herman, Frédéric; Copeland, Peter; et al. (2010) Exhumation, crustal deformation, and thermal structure of the Nepal Himalaya derived from the inversion of thermochronological and thermobarometric data and modeling of the topography; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 115; Art. no. B06407; 10.1029/2008JB006126
• Copley, Alex; Avouac, Jean-Philippe; et al. (2010) India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 115; No. B3; Art. No. B03410; 10.1029/2009JB006634
• Charreau, Julien; Gumiaux, Charles; et al. (2009) The Neogene Xiyu Formation, a diachronous prograding gravel wedge at front of the Tianshan: Climatic and tectonic implications; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 287; No. 3-4; 298-310; 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.07.035
• Flouzat, Mireille; Bettinelli, Pierre; et al. (2009) Investigating tropospheric effects and seasonal position variations in GPS and DORIS time-series from the Nepal Himalaya; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 178; No. 3; 1246-1259; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04252.x
• Charreau, Julien; Chen, Yan; et al. (2009) Neogene uplift of the Tian Shan Mountains observed in the magnetic record of the Jingou River section (northwest China); Tectonics; Vol. 28; No. 2; TC2008; 10.1029/2007TC002137
• Charreau, Julien; Avouac, Jean-Philippe; et al. (2008) Miocene to present kinematics of fault-bend folding across the Huerguosi anticline, northern Tianshan (China), derived from structural, seismic, and magnetostratigraphic data; Geology; Vol. 36; No. 11; 871-874; 10.1130/G25073A.1
• Bettinelli, Pierre; Avouac, Jean-Philippe; et al. (2008) Seasonal variations of seismicity and geodetic strain in the Himalaya induced by surface hydrology; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 266; No. 3-4; 332-344; 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.021
• Avouac, J.-P. (2008) Dynamic Processes in Extensional and Compressional Settings - Mountain Building: From Earthquakes to Geological Deformation; ISBN 978-0-444-52748-6; Treatise on Geophysics; Elsevier: Amsterdam; 377-439
• Bollinger, L.; Perrier, F.; et al. (2007) Seasonal modulation of seismicity in the Himalaya of Nepal; Geophysical Research Letters; Vol. 34; No. 8; Art. No. L08304; 10.1029/2006GL029192
• Daëron, Mathieu; Avouac, Jean-Philippe; et al. (2007) Modeling the shortening history of a fault tip fold using structural and geomorphic records of deformation; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 112; No. B3; Art. No. B03S13; 10.1029/2006JB004460
• Bettinelli, Pierre; Avouac, Jean-Philippe; et al. (2006) Plate Motion of India and Interseismic Strain in the Nepal Himalaya from GPS and DORIS Measurements; Journal of Geodesy; Vol. 80; No. 8-11; 567-589; 10.1007/s00190-006-0030-3
• Avouac, Jean-Philippe; Ayoub, François; et al. (2006) The 2005, M_w 7.6 Kashmir earthquake: Sub-pixel correlation of ASTER images and seismic waveforms analysis; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 249; No. 3-4; 514-528; 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.025
• Bollinger, L.; Henry, P.; et al. (2006) Mountain building in the Nepal Himalaya: Thermal and kinematic model; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 244; No. 1-2; 58-71; 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.045
• Charreau, Julien; Gilder, Stuart; et al. (2006) Magnetostratigraphy of the Yaha section, Tarim Basin (China): 11 Ma acceleration in erosion and uplift of the Tian Shan mountains; Geology; Vol. 34; No. 3; 181-184; 10.1130/G22106.1
• Charreau, Julien; Chen, Yan; et al. (2005) Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Neogene Kuitun He section (northwest China): implications for Late Cenozoic uplift of the Tianshan mountains; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 230; No. 1-2; 177-192; 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.11.002
• Toussaint, G.; Burov, E.; et al. (2004) Tectonic evolution of a continental collision zone: A thermomechanical numerical model; Tectonics; Vol. 23; No. 6; Art. No. TC6003; 10.1029/2003TC001604
• Bollinger, L.; Avouac, J. P.; et al. (2004) Stress buildup in the Himalaya; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 109; No. B11; Art. No. B11405; 10.1029/2003JB002911
• Bollinger, L.; Avouac, J. P.; et al. (2004) Thermal structure and exhumation history of the Lesser Himalaya in central Nepal; Tectonics; Vol. 23; No. 5; Art. No. TC5015; 10.1029/2003TC001564
• Beyssac, Olivier; Bollinger, Laurent; et al. (2004) Thermal metamorphism in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal determined from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material; Earth and Planetary Science Letters; Vol. 225; No. 1-2; 233-241; 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.05.023
• Perfettini, H. and Avouac, J.-P. (2004) Stress transfer and strain rate variations during the seismic cycle; Journal of Geophysical Research B; Vol. 109; No. B6; Art. No. B06402; 10.1029/2003JB002917
• Jouanne, F.; Mugnier, J. L.; et al. (2004) Current shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal; Geophysical Journal International; Vol. 157; No. 1; 1-14; 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02180.x
• Poisson, Blanche and Avouac, Jean-Philippe (2004) Holocene Hydrological Changes Inferred from Alluvial Stream Entrenchment in North Tian Shan (Northwestern China); Journal of Geology; Vol. 112; No. 2; 231-249; 10.1086/381659
• Avouac, Jean-Philippe (2003) Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya; ISBN 0-12-018846-5; Advances in Geophysics; Elsevier: San Diego; 1-80; 10.1016/S0065-2687(03)46001-9