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Himalayan Weathering and Erosion Fluxes: Climate and Tectonic Controls

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Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change

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A long-standing problem in Earth Sciences is understanding the evolution of global biogeochemical cycling through time. Such an understanding requires knowledge of many variables, one of the most important of which is the magnitude and composition of chemical weathering fluxes from the continents to the oceans. It is not possible to sample anything but present-day weathering fluxes, and the geological record does not contain a direct record of dissolved fluxes. Therefore reconstructing past fluxes depends on our ability to relate fluxes to some parameter that is measurable in the geological record. On a global scale, variations of some oceanic tracers such as the isotopic compositions of Sr and Ca are related to erosion and weathering fluxes; however, interpretation of these proxies is rarely straightforward. On a regional scale, records of synorogenic sedimentary accumulation provide information on past weathering and erosion fluxes, and may constrain the interpretation of global proxies.

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Derry, L.A., France-Lanord, C. (1997). Himalayan Weathering and Erosion Fluxes: Climate and Tectonic Controls. In: Ruddiman, W.F. (eds) Tectonic Uplift and Climate Change. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5935-1_12

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