3D Lithospheric Strength Variation Controls on Far-Field and Syntaxial Orogens: Inferences from the Himalayas and Comparison with Model Results

Luuk van Agtmaal1, Attila Balazs2, Dave May3 and Taras Gerya2, (1)ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Geophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States