Reduced Himalayan sediment production 8 Myr ago despite an intensified monsoon
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The sediment accumulation rates in the Indo-Gangetic foreland and the Bengal fan had reduced after the changes in the Tibetan plateau, suggesting that despite intensified monsoon, there was less erosion from the Himalayan orogen. Decreased Himalayan glaceration, slope stabilization from dense plant cover or reduction in the tectonic activity could have caused the decline in the mechanical weathering.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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Organic carbon burial forcing of the carbon cycle from Himalayan erosion
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Chemical research has established that Himalayan silicates consume up to three times less Neogene carbon dioxide than that consumed from organic carbon burial during Himalayan uplift. Evidence suggests that Neogene Himalayan erosion causes raised organic carbon levels more than silicate weathering fluxes. High Himalayan crystalline and decarbonated bengal fan sediment chemical compositions are given.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system
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The Himalayan erosional system is analyzed to study the organic carbon present in the sediments of the Bengal fan. The carbon burial is found to be sustained in Bengal due to the high erosion rates in the Himalayas.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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