Contrasting neogene denudation histories of different structural regions in the transantarctic mountains rift flank constrained by cosmogenic isotope measurements

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 145-172

  Van Der Wateren, Frederik M ^a   Dunai, Tibor J ^a   Van Balen, Ronald T ^a,b   Klas, Werner ^c   Verbers, Anja L L M ^d   Passchier, Sandra ^e   Herpers, Ulrich ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d P Klaarhamerstraat 28 7425 DB   (Netherlands)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic; Cosmogenic isotopes; Denudation; Exposure age; Neotectonics; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0033369398     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00055-7     Document Type: Article

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