...Dirk Scherler Abstract Ice-free bedrock headwalls are widespread landforms of many glacial landscapes, but their formation and evolution are not well understood. Here, I present observations from the Khumbu Himalaya, eastern Nepal, of a distinct elevation zone that aligns the base of many steep...

...Roberto F. Weinberg; Mike P. Searle Abstract Leucogranite crops out in the upper Imja Khola, Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal, where it makes up approximately 50% of the exposed bedrock. Leucogranites and their associated aplite-pegmatites typically intruded as concordant sills, millimeters- to kilometers...

... in the Khumbu Himalaya, Nepal Journal of Geology in press Wu C. Nelson K.D. Wortman G. Samson S. Yue Y. Li J. Ktdd W.S.F. Edwards M.A. Yadong cross-structure and South Tibetan Detachment in the east central Himalaya (89°–90°E) Tectonics 1998 17 28 45 Yin...

...Figure 1. Simplified geologic map of Khumbu Himalaya (after Searle, 1999a ) showing outcrop locations of U-Pb and thermobarometry samples analyzed in this paper. Inset shows location of Zanskar (Z) and Garwhal (G). ...

...TABLE 1. TENTATIVE CORRELATIONS, RELATIVE CHRONOLOGIES, AND NUMERICAL DATES FOR THE GLACIAL SUCCESSIONS IN THE KHUMBU HIMALAYA SOUTH OF MOUNT EVEREST ...

... Structure in the Higher Himalaya of the Khumbu Region, Eastern Nepal , Bozeman , Montana State University , 2019 . 29 A. Yin , “Mode of cenozoic East‐West extension in Tibet suggesting a common origin of rifts in Asia during the Indo‐Asian collision,” Journal of Geophysical Research...

...Fig. 8.  ( a ) Map of the Khumbu Himalaya showing localities of samples used for thermobarometry. ( b ) Profiles of temperature derived from conventional thermometry, and pressure calculated by THERMOCALC, against map distance north of the MCT zone for samples from the Khumbu valley. ...

... is largely restricted to the western Himalaya ( Benn & Owen 1998 ). At present, most snowfall in the study area accumulates during the summer when moisture is advected north from the Indian Ocean. Fig. 2.  Geomorphological map of the upper Imja Khola Valley, Khumbu Himal. Boxes define study areas...

...TABLE 1. RELATIVE CHRONOLOGIES FOR KHUMBU HIMALAYA AND TENTATIVE CORRELATIONS, SHOWING THE SAMPLE COLLECTED AND AGES OBTAINED IN THIS PROJECT ...

..., northwards to the Khumbu glacier, representing one of the thickest sillimanite-grade migmatite sections in the Himalaya. Evolution of the GHS rocks includes early prograde metamorphism during crustal thickening, resulting in kyanite-grade assemblages ( c. 680–550°C, 10–8 kbar) and later decompression...

... and subsequent rockfall activity in the Khumbu Himalaya operates most efficiently in a narrow elevation band above 5500 m ( Scherler, 2014 ). Another physical explanation for the observed pattern of low-lying landslides involves the adjustment of rock slopes to postglacial stress redistribution focused on lower...

... environmental microtremors and earthquakes in the Himalayas and worldwide. Khumbu Valley (Mount Everest) is one of the Himalayan regions that has not been struck by significant earthquakes ( M w > 7.8) in living memory. Although the analysis of microseismicity deserves further investigation, this article...

...Photograph of Lingtren, west of Everest, showing the Everest leucogranite sill above the sheeted leucogranite sill complex intruding sillimanite gneisses, Khumbu Himalaya. P hoto : M ike S earle . ...