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Earth Sciences JRF @QueensCam @EarthSciCam || visiting postdoc @Caltech || earthquakes, faults, mountains, tectonics || she/her || views my own
Feb 25, 2021 5 tweets 4 min read
Want to know why some mountain ranges have steep fronts whilst others have gentle gradients? Check out my new paper with @AlexCopley_ in @AGU_GCubed. Summary below (1/5)

#tectonics #research #mountains #rheology

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20… We combined results from oxygen isotope palaeoaltimetry in south east Tibet with numerical models to investigate the effect of lateral contrasts in the strength of the lower crust on the development of mountain ranges.