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![(A) Discharge at Chisapani gauging station (<span class="search-highlight">Karnali</span> River, <span class="search-highlight">Nepal</span>) from 1962...]()
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(A) Discharge at Chisapani gauging station (Karnali River, Nepal) from 1962...
in Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: Implications for river stability and floodplain recycling
> Geology
Published: 14 February 2020
Figure 2 (A) Discharge at Chisapani gauging station (Karnali River, Nepal) from 1962 to 2010 CE. (B) Projected return interval of discharges. Discharges required to mobilize gravel-bar surface ( Q c-bar ) and median gravel-bed size at bifurcation using β = 0.5( Q c-bed-0.5 ) and β = 0.6( Q c
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(A) Median grain size at each vertical (Karnali River, Nepal). (B) Suspende...
in Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: Implications for river stability and floodplain recycling
> Geology
Published: 14 February 2020
Figure 3 (A) Median grain size at each vertical (Karnali River, Nepal). (B) Suspended sediment concentration at each vertical. (C) Instantaneous sediment flux estimates. Black line and diamonds represent sediment fluxes calculated from depth-averaged Rouse profile concentrations; blue circles
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A: Geologic map of the central part of the Karnali klippe, Nepal Himalaya (...
in Direct shear fabric dating constrains early Oligocene onset of the South Tibetan detachment in the western Nepal Himalaya
> Geology
Published: 01 June 2016
Figure 1. A: Geologic map of the central part of the Karnali klippe, Nepal Himalaya (red polygon on inset map; after Antolín et al., 2013 ), with location of cross section A-A′ and samples JD-46A and JD-46B (29.098236°N, 81.876649°E; WGS 1984). Hatching indicates the mapped extent of the South
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Lithostructural map of the upper Karnali valley, northwestern Nepal. Roman ...
Published: 01 October 2015
Figure 2. Lithostructural map of the upper Karnali valley, northwestern Nepal. Roman numbers I, II, III, IV, V, and VI refer to lithostructural domains; see text for descriptions. Equal-area lower-hemisphere stereonets show the distribution of orientations of elongation lineation, fold hinges
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40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages of muscovites from modern Himalayan rivers: Himalayan evolution and the relative contribution of tectonics and climate
Journal: Geosphere
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 December 2015
Geosphere (2015) 11 (6): 1837–1859.
... the Karnali basin in western Nepal is much older than that for the Narayani basin in central Nepal. The Karnali muscovites, when combined with previously published muscovites from the Siwalik Group in western Nepal and zircon fission track ages from modern and ancient samples from the region, suggest...
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Influence of reactivated basement structures on evolving orogens: Along-strike diachronous Himalayan metamorphism in far west Nepal
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 30 October 2024
GSA Bulletin (2024)
... of the Central Himalaya, covering Nepal, northern India, and Bhutan. Study area along the Seti Khola river transect in far west Nepal is outlined with a thick black rectangle. Results from the Seti Khola are compared to the adjacent Karnali transect (Braden et al., 2017, 2018, 2020) that is outlined with a thin...
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Contrasting tectonically driven exhumation and incision patterns, western versus central Nepal Himalaya
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 April 2016
Geology (2016) 44 (4): 327–330.
...-term exhumation (from apatite fission track thermochronology) in central Nepal, where a major crustal ramp has been imaged by geophysical methods, with new exploratory data from the remote Karnali River transect in western Nepal, where a ramp is predicted to be absent or minor. Our results show...
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Mid-Miocene initiation of orogen-parallel extension, NW Nepal Himalaya
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 01 October 2015
Lithosphere (2015) 7 (5): 483–502.
...Figure 2. Lithostructural map of the upper Karnali valley, northwestern Nepal. Roman numbers I, II, III, IV, V, and VI refer to lithostructural domains; see text for descriptions. Equal-area lower-hemisphere stereonets show the distribution of orientations of elongation lineation, fold hinges...
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Direct shear fabric dating constrains early Oligocene onset of the South Tibetan detachment in the western Nepal Himalaya
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 June 2016
Geology (2016) 44 (6): 403–406.
...Figure 1. A: Geologic map of the central part of the Karnali klippe, Nepal Himalaya (red polygon on inset map; after Antolín et al., 2013 ), with location of cross section A-A′ and samples JD-46A and JD-46B (29.098236°N, 81.876649°E; WGS 1984). Hatching indicates the mapped extent of the South...
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Late Cenozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Western Nepal Himalaya: Insights from Low-Temperature Thermochronology
Journal: Lithosphere
Publisher: GSW
Published: 05 July 2024
Lithosphere (2023) 2023 (Special 14): lithosphere_2023_265.
... above the LHD and again south of the Karnali Klippe. As is the case in central Nepal, LHS rocks were thrust over Miocene–Pliocene foreland basin sediments (the Siwalik Formation) along the MBT, the trace of which lies ~35-km basinward of the southern margin of the Karnali Klippe [ 48...
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Summary of changes in channel morphology, migration style (black text), and...
in Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: Implications for river stability and floodplain recycling
> Geology
Published: 14 February 2020
Figure 4 Summary of changes in channel morphology, migration style (black text), and modes of sediment transport (red text) across Karnali River (Nepal) gravel-sand transition under low- to moderate-flow conditions.
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Sediment dynamics across gravel-sand transitions: Implications for river stability and floodplain recycling
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 14 February 2020
Geology (2020) 48 (5): 468–472.
...Figure 2 (A) Discharge at Chisapani gauging station (Karnali River, Nepal) from 1962 to 2010 CE. (B) Projected return interval of discharges. Discharges required to mobilize gravel-bar surface ( Q c-bar ) and median gravel-bed size at bifurcation using β = 0.5( Q c-bed-0.5 ) and β = 0.6( Q c...
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Conglomerate recycling in the Himalayan foreland basin: Implications for grain size and provenance
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 05 December 2019
GSA Bulletin (2020) 132 (7-8): 1639–1656.
..., and Kosi) that differ significantly in terms of Upper Siwalik conglomerate flux contribution. Figure 2. Photographs of the Upper Siwalik conglomerate exposed along the Karnali River, Nepal. (A) A typical exposed section of the Siwalik conglomerate. Beds are generally several meters thick, with rare...
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Photographs of the Upper Siwalik conglomerate exposed along the Karnali Riv...
in Conglomerate recycling in the Himalayan foreland basin: Implications for grain size and provenance
> GSA Bulletin
Published: 05 December 2019
Figure 2. Photographs of the Upper Siwalik conglomerate exposed along the Karnali River, Nepal. (A) A typical exposed section of the Siwalik conglomerate. Beds are generally several meters thick, with rare sand lenses. (B) Close up of the Upper Siwalik conglomerate. Note the well-rounded nature
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Renewed late Miocene (<8 Ma) hinterland ductile thrusting, western Nepal Himalaya
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 06 April 2018
Geology (2018) 46 (6): 503–506.
... orogenic systems. Figure 1. A: Geologic map of the Nepal Himalaya (modified from Robinson et al. [2006] and Gibson et al. [2016] ). Black box indicates location of this study, and numbers indicate locations of previously reported relevant ages: 1—Karnali valley; 2—Burhi Gandaki, 3—Darondi River...
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Propagation of the thrust system and erosion in the Lesser Himalaya: Geochemical and sedimentological evidence
Journal: Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 01 November 2001
Geology (2001) 29 (11): 1007–1010.
... , High times on the Tibetan Plateau: Paleoelevation of the Takkola graben, Nepal: Geology , v. 28 p. 339 – 342 . Gautam , P. , and Fujiwara , Y. , 2000 , Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Siwalik Group sediments of Karnali River section in western Nepal: Geophysical Journal...
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Apatite fission track (AFT) ages from samples collected along the Karnali R...
in Contrasting tectonically driven exhumation and incision patterns, western versus central Nepal Himalaya
> Geology
Published: 01 April 2016
Figure 1. Apatite fission track (AFT) ages from samples collected along the Karnali River, western Nepal (this study; Sakai et al., 2013 ) and the Trisuli River, central Nepal ( Robert et al., 2009 ), and specific stream power of these rivers, overlaid on shaded digital topography. Inset shows
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A: Geologic map of the Nepal Himalaya (modified from Robinson et al. [2006...
Published: 06 April 2018
Figure 1. A: Geologic map of the Nepal Himalaya (modified from Robinson et al. [2006] and Gibson et al. [2016] ). Black box indicates location of this study, and numbers indicate locations of previously reported relevant ages: 1—Karnali valley; 2—Burhi Gandaki, 3—Darondi River valley, 4—Dudh
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Bhumichula plateau: A remnant high-elevation low-relief surface in the Himalayan thrust belt of western Nepal
Journal: GSA Bulletin
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 14 December 2022
GSA Bulletin (2023) 135 (7-8): 2121–2140.
... Roche , R.S. , Godin , L. , Cottle , J.M. , and Kellett , D.A. , 2018a , Preservation of the early evolution of the Himalayan middle crust in foreland klippen: Insights from the Karnali Klippe, west Nepal : Tectonics , v. 37 , p. 1161 – 1193 , https://doi.org/10.1002/2017TC004847...
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(A) Simplified geologic map of the Himalaya. Black box shows location of th...
Published: 01 October 2015
Figure 1. (A) Simplified geologic map of the Himalaya. Black box shows location of the studied area in the upper Karnali valley, in far northwest Nepal (modified from Antolín et al., 2013 ). (B) Lithotectonic map and (C) simplified cross section of northwestern Nepal and southwestern Tibet
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