RECONSTRUCTING THERMOBAROMETRIC GRADIENTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN TETHYAN HIMALAYA: TESTING THE LITHOSTATIC PRESSURE PARADIGM
REYES, Francisco1, GUEVARA, Victor2, VLAHA, Dominik3, ZUZA, Andrew4, HAPROFF, Peter J.5, BRANTON, Evon5, BROOKS, Hanna L.6 and THOMAS, Jay B.7, (1)Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, (2)Geology Dep, Amherst College, 220 S Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002-2372, (3)Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557-0172, (4)Nevada Geosciences, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557, (5)Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28403-3201, (6)Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002; University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences & Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME 04469, (7)Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244