Quantifying crystalline exhumation in the Himalaya [Elektronische Ressource] / Franziska Daniela Helena Wilke

Institut für Erd-und UmweltwissenschaftenMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche FakultätUniversität PotsdamQuantifying crystalline exhumationin the HimalayaFranziska Daniela Helena WilkeKumulative Dissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades "doctor rerum naturalium"(Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin "Mineralogie/Petrologie"Potsdam, im Februar 2010This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Germany To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/ Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4313/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-43138 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-43138 Quantifying crystalline exhumation in the Himalaya – Franziska D.H. Wilke Abstract In 1915, Alfred Wegener published his hypotheses of plate tectonics that revolutionised the world for geologists. Since then, many scientists have studied the evolution of continents and especially the geologic structure of orogens: the most visible consequence of tectonic processes.