Neogene rock uplift and erosion in northern Borneo: Evidence from the Kinabalu granite, Mount Kinabalu

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2013

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Cottam, Michael
Hall, R.
Sperber, C.
Kohn, B P
Forster, Margaret
Batt, G E

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Geological Society of London

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Thermochronological data from the Kinabalu granite, emplaced between c. 7.2 and 7.8 Ma, provide a unique record of northern Borneo's exhumation during the Neogene. Biotite 40Ar/39Ar ages (c. 7.32-7.63 Ma) record rapid cooling of the granite in the Late Mi

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Keywords: Early pliocene; Earth's surface; Exhumation rates; Fission track ages; Granite magmatism; Lithospheric delaminations; Plio-pleistocene; Subduction rollback; Erosion; Mica; Phosphate minerals; Tectonics; Granite; biotite; delamination; emplacement; erosion

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Journal of the Geological Society

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