Crustal uplift in the Alps: Why the drainage pattern matters

Terra Nova

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 425-432

  Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Hinderer, Matthias ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035709675     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2001.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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