Denudation rates for the southern Drakensberg escarpment, SE Africa, derived from in-situ-produced cosmogenic 36Cl: Initial results

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-212

  Fleming, A ^a   Summerfield, M A ^a   Stone, J O ^b   Fifield, L K ^b   Cresswell, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Denudation; Landscapes; Scarps; SE Africa

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; EROSION; ESCARPMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032954704     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.2.0209     Document Type: Article

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