Some uncertainties in the derivation of rates of denudation from thermochronologic data

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Brown, Roderick W ^a   Summerfield, M A ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track analysis; Denudation rates; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL COOLING; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 0030866283     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199703)22:3<239::AID-ESP751>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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