Late Cenozoic tectonics and denudation in the Central Kenya Rift: Quantification of long-term denudation rates

Tectonophysics

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 83-94

  Roessner, Sigrid ^a,c   Strecker, Manfred R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Digital elevation models; Kenya Rift; Quantitative geomorphology; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS;

KENYA, KENYA RIFT;

EID: 0031393937     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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