This is a special issue of the Himalayan Journal of Sciences, containing extended abstracts of papers presented at the 19th Himalaya-Karakoram-Tibet Workshop held in Niseko, Japan, July 10-12, 2004. The issue was produced by guest editors and its contents have not been subjected to peer review.
Climate change in East and Central Asia associated with the uplift
of the Tibetan Plateau-A simulation with the MRI coupled atmosphere-ocean
GCM
Manabu Abe, Tetsuzo Yasunari and Akio Kitoh, Page 85
Collisional emplacement history of the Naga-Andaman ophiolites and
the position of the eastern Indian suture
Subhrangsu K Acharyya, Page 87
Debris flow disaster in Larcha, upper Bhotekoshi Valley, central
Nepal
Danda P Adhikari and Satoshi Koshimizu, Page 89
Preliminary Results from the Yala-Xiangbo Leucogranite Dome, SE
Tibet
Amos B Aikman, T Mark Harrison and Ding Lin, Page 91
The Malashan metamorphic complex in southern Tibet: Dominantly top-to-the
north deformation and intrusive origin of its associated granites
Mutsuki Aoya, Simon R Wallis, Tetsuo Kawakami, Jeffrey Lee and Yu Wang, Page
92
Palaeoenvironmental events and cycles at the southern front of the
Tibetan Plateau during the Pleistocene: A record from lake sediments
Erwin Appel, Srinivasa R Goddu, Shouyun Hu, Xiangdong Yang, Suming Wang, Yaeko
Igarashi and Pitambar Gautam, Page 94
Phylogeny and biogeography of the lucanid beetles of the tribe Aesalini
(Insecta, Coleoptera, Lucanidae), with special reference to the effect of
Himalayan uplift as the vicariance event
Kunio Araya, Page 96
Plio-Pleistocene rapid uplift process of the Nepal Himalaya revealed
from fission-track ages
Kazunori Arita and Hiroto Ohira, Page 98
Paleoclimate of the Nepal Himalayas during the Last Glacial: Reconstructing
from glacial equilibrium-line altitude
Katsuhiko Asahi and Teiji Watanabe, Page 100
Renewed tectonic extrusion of high-grade metamorphic rocks in the
MCT footwall since Late Miocene (Sutlej Valley, India)
Vincent Baudraz, Jean-Claude Vannay, Elizabeth Catlos, Mike Cosca and Torsten
Vennemann, Page 102
Cenozoic tectonics of Central Asia: Basement control
Michael M Buslov, Page 104
Cenozoic tectonics and geodynamic evolution of the Tien Shan mountain
belt as response to India-Eurasia convergence
Michael M Buslov, Johan De Grave and Elena A Bataleva, Page 106
Deformation features of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines in Western
Bhutan during exhumation
Rodolfo Carosi, Chiara Montomoli and Dario Visoná, Page 108
Structural data from lower Dolpo (western Nepal)
Rodolfo Carosi, Chiara Montomoli and Dario Visoná, Page 109
Testing Models of MCT Reactivation vs. Duplex Formation in the Kumuan
and Garwhal Himalaya, India
Julien Célérier, T Mark Harrison and William J Dunlap, Page 110
Numerical simulation of fault development in fold-and-thrust belt
of Nepal Himalaya
D Chamlagain and D Hayashi, Page 111
Miocene collision-related conglomerates near Dazhuqu and Xigaze,
Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone, Tibet
Angel On Kee Chan, Jonathan C Aitchison, Badengzhu and Lan Hui, Page 112
Presence of two plume-related volcanic events along the Indian northern
passive margin evidenced by the geochemistry of the Carboniferous Baralacha
La dykes, the Permian Panjal traps and the Drakkar Po phonolites
F Chauvet, H Lapierre, D Bosch, F Bussy, JC Vannay, GH Mascle, P Brunet, J
Cotten and F Keller, Page 113
Sedimentation of the Jianggalesayi basin and its response to the
unroofing history of the Altyn Tagh, northern Tibetan Plateau
Zhengle Chen, Xiaofeng Wang, Jian Liu, Xuanhua Chen, Zhiming Sun and Junling
Pei, Page 114
The exhumation rate of Dabie orogen: Evidence from garnet diffusion
zoning
Hao Cheng, Daogong Chen and Etienne Deloule, Page 116
The expansion mechanism of Himalayan supraglacial lakes: Observations
and modeling
KA Chikita, Page 118
Intracontinental deformation in central Asia: Distant effects of
India -Eurasia convergence revealed by apatite fission-track thermochronology
Johan De Grave, Michael M Buslov and Peter Van Den Haute, Page 121
A comparison of Main Central Thrust and other Himalayan fault systems
from central and west Nepal with some two-dimensional stress fields
Megh R Dhital, Page 123
Petrogenesis of basalts for Sangxiu Formation in the central segment
from Tethyan Himalayas: Plume-lithosphere interaction
Zhu Dicheng, Pan Guitang, Mo Xuanxue, Liao Zhongli, Wang Liquan, Jiang Xinsheng
and Zhao Zhidan, Page 125
Linzizong Volcanic Rocks in Linzhou of Tibet: A Volcanic Petrologic
Assemblage in Continental Collision Environment
Guochen Dong, Xuanxue Mo, Zhidan Zhao, Liang Wang and Su Zhao, Page 128
Younger hanging wall rocks along the Vaikrita Thrust of the High
Himalaya: A model based on inversion tectonics
Ashok K Dubey and Surendra S Bhakuni, Page 129
Out-of-sequence thrusting in Himalaya: Modification of wedge extrusion
and channel flow models
CS Dubey, BK Sharma, EJ Catlos and RA Marston, Page 130
The tectonometamorphic evolution of the Alpine metamorphic belt
of the Central Pamir
MS Dufour and Yu V Miller, Page 131
When the Kunlun fault began its left-lateral strike-slip faulting
in the northern Tibet: Evidence from cumulative offsets of basement rocks
and geomorphic features
Bihong Fu and Yasuo Awata, Page 132
Fluctuation of Indian monsoon during the last glacial period revealed
by pollen analysis of Kathmandu Basin sediments, Nepal Himalaya
Rie Fujii, Harutaka Sakai and Norio Miyoshi, Page 133
Effects of global warming on Asian lakes from viewpoints of water
resources and environmental change
H Fushimi, Page 135
New significant advances of regional geological survey in the blank
regions of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
Zhai Gangyi, Page 136
Land cover change in Himalaya with special reference to forest disturbance:
A case of Bharse area, Lesser Himalaya, West Central Nepal
Chinta Mani Gautam and Teiji Watanabe, Page 138
Integration of magnetic properties and heavy metal chemistry to
quantify environmental pollution in urban soils, Kathmandu, Nepal
Pitambar Gautam, Ulrich Blaha and Erwin Appel, Page 140
Initial uplift of the Tibetan Plateau and environmental implications
Xiaohong Ge, Shoumai Ren, Yongjiang Liu and Lixiang Ma, Page 142
Study of geo-hydrological processes and assessment of hazard and
risk in the Banganga Watershed, Nepal
Motilal Ghimire, Page 143
Cyclicities and clusters in the lacustrine sequence of Heqing basin
(SW China): Its use for dating and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Srinivasa R Goddu, Shouyun Hu and Erwin Appel, Page 145
Cretaceous isochron ages of K-Ar system in the UHP metamorphic rocks
of the Tso Morari dome, western Himalaya, India
Chitaro Gouzu, Tetsumaru Itaya and Talat Ahmad, Page 146
Himalayan ultrahigh pressure rocks and warped Indian subduction
plane
Stéphane Guillot, Anne Replumaz and Pierre Strzerzynski, Page 148
Palaeozoic metallogeny in Tethyan Black Mountain Basin, Bhutan Himalaya
and its regional implication
Anupendu Gupta, Page 150
Timing and processes of Himalayan and Tibetan uplift
T Mark Harrison and An Yin, Page 152
Reconstruction of environmental and climatic changes in the Paleo-Kathmandu
Lake during the last 700 ka: An approach from fossil-diatom study
Tatsuya Hayashi, Harutaka Sakai, Yoshihiro Tanimura, Hideo Sakai, Wataru Yahagi
and Masao Uchida, Page 154
The record of climate and uplift in the palaeo-Ganga plain: A way
to decipher the interactions between climate and tectonics
Pascale Huyghe, Jean-Louis Mugnier, Ananta P Gajurel and Christian France-Lanord,
Page 156
Isotopic study of the Himalayan metamorphic rocks in the far-eastern
Nepal
Takeshi Imayama and Kazunori Arita, Page 158
Ice-dammed lakes in the Hindukush-Karakoram Mountains (Pakistan):
Geomorphological impacts of outbursts floods in the Karambar valley
Lasafam Iturrizaga, Page 160
When did the metamorphic nappe cover the Lesser Himalayan authochton?
An approach from study on thermal history of Proterozoic granitic rocks and
Miocene fluvial sediments
Hideki Iwano, Harutaka Sakai, Tohru Danhara, Yutaka Takigami and Santa Man
Rai, Page 162
Glacial goemorphology in the Lunana area in the Bhutan Himalaya:
Moraine stages, glacial lakes, and rock glaciers
Shuji Iwata, Karma, Yutaka Ageta, Akiko Sakai, Chiyuki Narama and Nozomu Naito,
Page 164
Zoned ultramafic intrusions of the Chilas Complex in Kohistan (NE
Pakistan): Mantle diapers and km-scale melt conduits in extending island arcs
O Jagoutz, J-P Burg, E Jagoutz, O Müntener, T Pettke and P Ulmer, Page 166
SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from Trans-Himalayan Ladakh Batholith and
its exhumation using fission track zircon-apatite ages
AK Jain, Rajeev Kumar, Sandeep Singh, Nand Lal and ME Barley, Page 167
The Jijal Complex in the roots of the Kohistan island arc in the
northwest Himalaya of Pakistan revisited
M Qasim Jan and Barry L Weaver, Page 168
Geothermobarometry of the Dudatoli-Almora Crystallines, Garhwal,
Kumaun Lesser Himalaya
Tejender N Jowhar, Page 170
Spatial and frequency distributions of triclinisity of K-feldspar
in augen gneisses and related granitic rocks in the Nepal Himalayas
Takashi Kano, Page 171
Trace and Rare-Earth Elements distribution patterns of rocks of
Chilas Complex and Kamila Amphibolites, Kohistan Arc, North Pakistan
Allah B Kausar, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kazuya Kubo, Yutaka Takahashi, Masumi U
Mikoshiba and Hafiz U Rehman, Page 173
Structure and crustal shortening of the Subhimalayan fold and thrust
belt, western Arunachal Pradesh, NE India
Thomas K Kelty, An Yin and CS Dubey, Page 175
Waziristan Ophiolite: A back-arc basin caught in continental collision,
Waziristan, NW Pakistan
Said Rahim Khan, M Qasim Jan, Tahseenullah Khan and M Asif Khan, Page 176
Back-Arc Basin Rocks in the Kohistan Arc Terrane, Northwestern Himalaya,
Pakistan
Tahseenullah Khan, Mamoru Murata, and Hiraoki Ozawa, Page 178
Origin of dunite of the Sapat Complex, Himalaya, North Pakistan
Tahseenullah Khan, Mamoru Murata, Hiraoki Ozawa, and Allah B Kausar, Page
179
Landslide and debris flow in the Himalayas: A case study of the
Madi Watershed in Nepal
Narendra R Khanal and Teiji Watanabe, Page 180
Comparative morphotectonics in the Himalayan foreland and the forearc
of Southwest Japan
Kazuo Kimura, Page 182
Glacial lakes and its expansion in the north-central Bhutan and
Kulha Kangri massif, Eastern Himalaya
Jiro Komori, Syuji Iwata, Deo Raji Gurung and Hironori Yabuki, Page 183
Tectonics and climate for the last ca. 35,000 years in the Kumaun
Himalaya, India
BS Kotlia, Page 185
Glacial Geomorphology and Ice Ages in Tibet and surrounding mountains
Matthias Kuhle, Page 186
Magnetic susceptibility and biotite composition of granitoids of
Amritpur and adjoining regions, Kumaun Lesser Himalaya
Santosh Kumar, Brajesh Singh, CC Joshi and Abhishek Pandey, Page 188
Variations of paleoclimate and paleoenvironment during the last
40 kyr recorded in clay minerals in the Kathmandu Basin sediments
Yoshihiro Kuwahara, Mukunda Raj Paudel, Takeshi Maki, Rie Fujii and Harutaka
Sakai, Page 190
e-Os dating of the porphyry copper deposits in southern Gangdese
metallogenic belt, Tibet
Shengrong Li, Wenjun Qu, Wanming Yuan, Jun Deng, Zhengqian Hou and Andao Du,
Page 192
The basaltic volcanic rocks in the Tuyon Basin, NW China: Petrogenesis
and tectonic implications
Tao Liang, Zhaohua Luo, Shan Ke, Li Li, Wentao Li and Huaming Zhan, Page 194
Introduction to recent advances in regional geological mapping (1:250,
000) and new results from southern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Wang Liquan, Zhu Dicheng and Pan Guitang, Page 195
Geochemical and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon chronological constraints on
the Magam-mixing event in eastern Kunlun orogenic belt, China
Chengdong Liu, Xuanxue Mo, Zhaohua Luo, Xuehui Yu, Shuwei Li and Xin Zhao,
Page 196
Geology of the eastern Himalayan syntaxis
Yan Liu, Zsolt Berner, Hans-Joachim Massonne and Xuchang Xiao, Page 197
Geochronology and the initiation of Altyn Fault, western China
Yongjiang Liu, Franz Neubauer, Johann Genser, Xiaohong Ge, Akira Takasu and
Sihua Yuan, Page 199
Oligo-Miocene evolution of the Tuotuohe Basin (headwaters of the
Yangtze River) and its significance for the uplift history of the central
Tibetan Plateau
Zhifei Liu, Chengshan Wang, Xixi Zhao, Wei Jin, Haisheng Yi, Yong Li and Yalin
Li, Page 201
Paleovegetation and paleoclimate in the Kathmandu Valley and Lake
Baikal during the Late Quaternary
Takeshi Maki, Rie Fujii, Hajime Umeda, Harutaka Sakai, Yoshitaka Hase and
Koji Shichi, Page 202
Organic geochemical study of continuous lacustrine sediments obtained
from Kathmandu Valley, central Himalaya: Interpretation of paleoenvironmental
changes in the late Quaternary using bulk organic matter analyses
Mami Mampuku, Toshiro Yamanaka, Harutaka Sakai, Rie Fujii, Takeshi Maki, Masao
Uchida, Hideo Sakai, Wataru Yahagi and Hiroaki Tsutsumi, Page 203
Assessment of risk and vulnerability of water induced disaster:
A case study of Tinau Watershed, western Nepal
Indra N Manandhar and Keshav P Poudel, Page 205
Re-interpretation of progressive metamorphism, facies series, P-T-t
path and exhumation model for the collisional orogenic belts
Shigenori Maruyama, Page 206
Latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous radiolarian fauna from the Xialu
Chert in the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, Southern Tibet: Comparison with coeval
western Pacific radiolarian faunas and paleoceanographic implications
Atsushi Matsuoka, Qun Yang and Masahiko Takei, Page 207
Trace element compositions of rocks and minerals from the Chilas
Igneous Complex, Kohistan, northern Pakistan
Masumi U Mikoshiba, Yutaka Takahashi, Kazuya Kubo, Yuhei Takahashiv, Allah
B Kausar and Tahseenullah Khan, Page 208
Garnet response diamond pressure metamorphism from Tso-Morari region,
Ladakh, India
Barun K Mukherjee and Himanshu K Sachan, Page 209
Karakoram and NW Himalayan shear zones: Deciphering their micro-
and macrotectonics using mineral fish
Soumyajit Mukherjee and Arvind K Jain, Page 210
The lower crustal Dasu Tonalite and its implications for the formation-reformation-exhumation
history of the Kohistan arc crust
Takashi Nakajima, I S Williams, H Hyodo, K Miyazaki, Y Kono, AB Kausar, SR
Khan and T Shirahase, Page 211
Ion microprobe U-Pb ages of the Khunjerab granodiorite and some
granitoids from Karakoram, Pakistan
Masatsugu Ogasawara, Tahseenullah Khan, Firdous Khan, Noriko Kita and Yuichi
Morishita, Page 212
Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Siwalik Group sediments in Nepal:
Diachronous lithostratigraphy and isochronous carbon isotope shift
Tank P Ojha, Robert F Butler, Jay Quade and Peter G DeCelles, Page 213
Geochemical study of the Dwar Khola dolerite (1.7 Ga) in the Siwalik
belt, central Nepal
Yuji Orihashi, Harutaka Sakai and Yutaka Takigami, Page 214
Biostratigraphy and biogeography of the Tethyan Cambrian sequences
of the Zanskar Ladakh Himalaya and of associated regions
Suraj K Parcha, Page 216
Implication of mylonitic microstructures and apatite fission track
dating studies for the geotectonic evolution of the Chiplakot Crystalline
Belt, Kumaon Himalaya, India
Ramesh C Patel, Y Kumar, N Lal and A Kumar, Page 217
Late Pleistocene vegetation from the Thimi Formation, Kathmandu
Valley, Nepal
Khum N Paudayal, Page 218
The b-spacing values of white mica from low-grade metapelites of
central Nepal Lesser Himalaya and their tectono-metamorphic implications
Lalu P Paudel and Kazunori Arita, Page 220
Changes in mineral composition and depositional environments recorded
in the present and past basin-fill sediments of the Kathmandu Valley, central
Nepal
Mukunda Raj Paudel, Yoshihiro Kuwahara and Harutaka Sakai, Page 222
Cooling in down-slope peat ecosystems due to accelerated glacial
melting in Higher Himalaya, India
Netajirao R Phadtare, Rajendra K Pant, Kathleen Ruhland and John P Smol, Page
224
Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the far-Eastern Nepal Himalaya
Santa M Rai, H Sakai, Bishal N Upreti, Yutaka Takigami, Subesh Ghimire, Dibya
R Koirala, Tej P Gautam, Desh R Sonyok and Chandra P Poudel, Page 225
The Rare Earth Element geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic clastic sedimentary
rocks from the Rautgara Formation, Lesser Himalaya: Implications for provenance,
mineralogical control and weathering
SA Rashid, Page 226
Slow mass movement in the Kangchenjunga Area, Eastern Nepal Himalaya
Dhananjay Regmi and Teiji Watanabe, Page 227
Contrasting Pressure - Temperature Evolution of Pelitic Schists,
Gneisses and Eclogites in Kaghan-Naran Valley, Pakistan Himalaya
Hafiz U Rehman, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Yoshiyuki Kaneko and AB Kausar, Page 229
Paleomagnetic study of the Late Jurassic formations in Northern
Qaidam basin and tectonic implications
Shoumai Ren, Zhenyu Yang, Zhiming Sun and Junling Pei, Page 231
Timing of synconvergent extension in NW Himalaya: New geochronological
constraints from the Gianbul dome (SE Zanskar)
Martin Robyr, James M Mattinson and Bradley R Hacker, Page 232
The importance of nummulites and assilina in the correlation of
middle and upper Eocene rocks
Ghazala Roohi and SRH Baqri, Page 234
The deep process of the collision structure in northern Tibet revealed
from investigation of the deep seismic profiles
Gao Rui, Li Qiusheng, Guan Ye, Li Pengwu and Bai Jin, Page 235
Discussion on the dynamic system of China continent in Mesozoic-Cenozoic
Qiu Ruizhao, Zhou Su, Deng Jinfu, Xiao Qinghui, Cai Zhiyong and Liu Cui, Page
236
Maximum extent of the Paleo-Kathmandu Lake in the late Pleistocene
on the basis of piedmont gentle slope formation and lacustrine distribution
in the Kathmandu basin, Nepal
Kiyoshi Saijo and Kazuo Kimura, Page 239
Middle to late Pleistocene climatic and depositional environmental
changes recorded in the drilled core of lacustrine sediments in the Kathmandu
Valley, central Nepal
Harutaka Sakai and Members of Paleo-Kathmandu Lake Drilling Project, Page
240
Delta formations associated with high-frequency (annual?) lake-level
fluctuations: An example from the uppermost Pleistocene Gokarna Formation,
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
T Sakai, AP Gajurel, H Tabata and BN Upreti, Page 242
Temporal variation of glacial lakes since 1976 in the Great Himalayas
revealed by satellite imageries
Nariyuki Sato, Takayuki Shiraiwa and Tomomi Yamada, Page 243
20 Ma of lateral mass transfer around the western Himalayan syntaxis
Eva Schill and William E Holt, Page 244
Occurrence of manganese ores in different tectonic settings in the
NW Himalayas, Pakistan
Mohammad T Shah, Page 246
Geodynamics of Chamba Nappe, western Himalaya
BK Sharma, AM Bhola and CS Dubey, Page 247
Geochemistry of biotite, muscovite and tourmaline from Early Palaeozoic
granitoids of Kinnaur district, Higher Himachal Himalaya
Brajesh Singh and Santosh Kumar, Page 248
Geology and evaluation of hydrocarbon prospects of Tethyan sediments
in Spiti Valley, Spiti and Zanskar, Himanchal Pradesh
Jagmohan Singh, S Mahanti and Kamla Singh, Page 250
Tale of two migmatites and leucogranite generation within the Himalayan
Collisional Zone: Evidences from SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages from Higher Himalayan
Metamorphic Belt and Trans-Himalayan Karakoram Metamorphic Belt, India
Sandeep Singh, Mark E Barley and AK Jain, Page 251
Cenozoic structural and metamorphic evolution and geological map
and sections of the NW Indian Himalaya
Albrecht Steck, Page 253
On the Himalayan Uplift and Himalayan Corridors
Hideo Tabata, Page 256
Geometric evolution of a plate interface-branch fault system: Its
effect on tectonics in Himalaya
Youichiro Takada and Mitsuhiro Matsu'ura, Page 258
Geochemical modeling of the Chilas Complex in the Kohistan Terrane,
northern Pakistan
Yutaka Takahashi, Masumi U Mikoshiba, Yuhei Takahashi, Allah Bakhsh Kausar,
Tahseenullah Khan and Kazuya Kubo, Page 259
40Ar-39Ar dating of Proterozoic basaltic and granitic rocks in the
Nepal Himalaya and their comparison with those in Singbhum area, peninsular
India
Yutaka Takigami, Harutaka Sakai, Yuji Orihashi and Kazumi Yokoyama, Page 260
Clay mineralogy and implication for palaeoenvironment of Patala
Formation in Salt Range, Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan
Shahina Tariq and SRH Baqri, Page 262
Late quaternary Neotectonic evolution of dun in Garhwal Sub Himalaya
VC Thakur, AK Pandey and N Suresh, Page 263
Paleohydrological reconstruction of molasses sediments from the
Siwalik Group along Surai Khola section, West Nepal Himalaya
Prakash D Ulak, Page 264
Role of primary to re-equilibrated fluids during P-T evolution from
Nagthat Siliciclastic of Lesser Himalaya, India
Priti Verma and Rajesh Sharma, Page 265
Northeastward growth and uplift of the Tibetan Plateau: Tectonic-sedimentary
evolution insights from Cenozoic Hoh Xil, Qaidam and Hexi Corridor basins
Chengshan Wang, Zhifei Liu and Lidong Zhu, Page 266
SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the High Himalayan rocks in the Nyalam
region, Tibet
Yanbin Wang, Dunyi Liu and Yan Liu, Page 267
SHRIMP zircon ages of orthogneiss from EW-trending gneissic domes
in Southern Tibet: Their tectonic implications
Yu Wang and Wencan Liu, Page 268
Calcrete crust formation on the lateral moraine of Batura glacier,
Northern Pakistan
Tetsuya Waragai, Page 270
Active landslides on the lateral moraines in the Kanchanjunga Conservation
Area, eastern Nepal Himalaya
Teiji Watanabe and Naohiro Nakamura, Page 273
Early aged ophiolites in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and their tectonic
implications
Xiao Xuchang, Wang Jun and Zhang Zhaochong, Page 274
Evolution of Mustang Graben, Tibet Himalayas, due to eastward extrusion
of Tibet Plateau in and after the Last Glacial Age
Hiroshi Yagi, Hideaki Maemoku, Yasuhiro Kumahara, Takashi Nakata and Vishnu
Dangol, Page 275
Digital sandbox modelling of Indian collision to Eurasia
Yasuhiro Yamada, Atsushi Tanaka and Toshi Matsuoka, Page 277
Lateral variations along the Main Central Thrust in the central
Nepal Himalayas: The evidence from chemical maps of garnet
Haruka Yamaguchi and Kazunori Arita, Page 279
Imbricate structure of Luobusa ophiolite, southern Tibet
Hiroshi Yamamoto, S Yamamoto, Y Kaneko, M Terabayashi, T Komiya, Ikuo Katayama
and T Iizuka, Page 280
Evolution of the Asian monsoon and the coupled atmosphere-ocean
system in the tropics associated with the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau -
A simulation with the MRI coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM
Tetsuzo Yasunari, Manabu Abe and Akio Kitoh, Page 282
Structural framework of the westernmost Arunachal Himalaya, NE India
An Yin, Thomas K Kelty, CS Dubey, GE Gehrels, Q Chou, Marty Grove and Oscar
Lovera, Page 284
Relationship between the Higher Himalayan Crystalline and Tethyan
Sediments in the Kali Gandaki area, western Central Nepal: South Tibetan Detachment
revisited
Masaru Yoshida, Sant M Rai, Ananta P Gajurel, Tara N Bhattarai and Bishal
N Upreti, Page 285
Commentary on the position of higher Himalayan basement in Proterozoic
Gondwanaland
Masaru Yoshida and Bishal N Upreti, Page 286
The geomorphic characteristics of the Minshan Tectonic Belt along
the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau - A DEM study
Hui ping Zhang, Nong Yang and Shao feng Liu, Page 287
40Ar-39Ar thermochronological evidence for formation and tectonic
exhumation of the northern-central segment of the Altyn Tagh Fault System
in the Mesozoic, northern Tibetan Plateau
Xuemin Zhang, Yu Wang, Erchie Wang, Qi Li and Guihua Sun, Page 289
Geochemical characteristics and geological significance of the adakites
from west Tibet
Cai Zhiyong, Qiu Ruizhao and Xiong Xiaoling, Page 291
Temporal-spatial distribution and implications of peraluminous granites
in Tibet
Liao Zhongli, Mo Xuanxue, Pan Guitang, Zhu Dicheng, Wang Liquan, Jiang Xinsheng
and Zhao Zhidan, Page 292
Geochronology on Cenozoic volcanic rocks of a profile Linzhou Basin,
Tibet, China and their geological implications
Su Zhou, Xuanxue Mo, Guochen Dong, Zhidan Zhao, Ruizhao Qiu, Tieying Guo and
Liangliang Wang, Page 294