Monday,
February 11, 2008
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Pellissippi
State Technical Community College
10915 Hardin
Valley Road, Knoxville
J.L. Goins Administration Building, Cafeteria Annex
FEBRUARY
PRESENTATION
Tectonic Evolution of the Mount Everest Region, Tibet-Nepal
Dr. Micah Jessup
Assistant Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Abstract
The Himalayan orogenic system provides an incredible natural laboratory to study the tectonic processes involved with continent-continent collision. Through an integration of kinematic analyses (vorticity of flow), metamorphic geology (Pressure-Temperature paths), U(-Th)-Pb geochronology, (U-Th)/He thermochronometry and isotopic geochemistry (spring water) our research group is working towards constraining various aspects of this tectonic history. This presentation will use results from our ongoing investigations in the Everest region to introduce several critical concepts of Himalayan tectonics such as channel flow, climate-tectonic coupling and orogen-parallel extension in the Tibetan Plateau.
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