Shoulder uplift of the Western Ghats passive margin, India: A denudational model

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 391-404

  Gunnell, Y ^a   Fleitout, L ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Denudation; Fission tracks; Flexural uplift; Modelling; Passive margins

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; FLEXURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; UPLIFT;

INDIA; INDIA, KARNATAKA, WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0031709007     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199805)23:5<391::AID-ESP853>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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