Steady, balanced rates of uplift and erosion of the Santa Monica Mountains, California

Basin Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-73

  Meigs, A ^a   Brozovic, N ^b   Johnson, M L ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MOUNTAIN REGION; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032802588     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1999.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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