Cosmogenic nuclides, topography, and the spatial variation of soil depth

Geomorphology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 151-172

  Heimsath, Arjun M ^a   E Dietrich, William ^a   Nishiizumi, Kunihiko ^b   Finkel, Robert C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Erosion; Geomorphology; Landscape evolution; Soil production

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PEDOGENESIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033382103     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00095-6     Document Type: Article

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