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Leigh H. Royden
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 120
Citations - 22870
Leigh H. Royden is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Subduction & Lithosphere. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 120 publications receiving 20410 citations. Previous affiliations of Leigh H. Royden include Planetary Science Institute.
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Topographic ooze: Building the eastern margin of Tibet by lower crustal flow
Marin K. Clark,Leigh H. Royden +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare regional topographic gradients surrounding the Tibetan plateau to model results for flux of a Newtonian fluid through a lower crustal channel of uniform thickness.
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Surface Deformation and Lower Crustal Flow in Eastern Tibet
Leigh H. Royden,B. Clark Burchfiel,Robert W. King,Erchie Wang,Zhiliang Chen,Feng Shen,Y. Liu +6 more
TL;DR: This model predicts east-west extension on the high plateau without convective removal of Tibetan lithosphere and without eastward movement of the crust east of the plateau.
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The Geological Evolution of the Tibetan Plateau
TL;DR: Cessation of rapid Pacific trench migration coincided with a slowing of fragment extrusion beyond the plateau and probably contributed to the onset of rapid surface uplift and crustal thickening in eastern Tibet.
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The South Tibetan Detachment System, Himalayan Orogen: Extension Contemporaneous With and Parallel to Shortening in a Collisional Mountain Belt
Burrell C. Burchfiel,Chen Zhiliang,Kip V. Hodges,Liu Yuping,Leigh H. Royden,Deng Changrong,Xu Jiene +6 more
TL;DR: Reusch et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a model for formation of mountain blocks by crustal heating, melting, and tilting, which is based on apatite fission track analysis.
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Tectonics of the Longmen Shan and Adjacent Regions, Central China
TL;DR: The Longmen Shan region can be divided into two major tectonic elements: (1) an autochthon/parautochthons which underlies the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau, the Sichuan Basin, and the eastern SICHuan fold-and-thrust belt as discussed by the authors.