Increased sedimentation rates and grain sizes 2-4 Myr ago due to the influence of climate change on erosion rates

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6831, 2001, Pages 891-897

  Peizhen, Zhang ^a   Molnar, Peter ^b,c   Downs, William R ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE STABILITY;

SEDIMENTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TERTIARY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; GRAIN; LANDSCAPING; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL; TROPICS;

EID: 0035912175     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35073504     Document Type: Article

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