Incision and differential bedrock uplift along the Indus River near Nanga Parbat, Pakistan Himalaya, from 10Be and 26Al exposure age dating of bedrock straths

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 93-107

  Leland, J ^a   Reid, M R ^a   Burbank, D W ^b,c   Finkel, R ^d   Caffee, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Al 26; Be 10; Erosion rates; Exposure age; Indus River; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; EROSION; EXPOSURE AGE; UPLIFT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031875084     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00171-4     Document Type: Article

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