Waning buoyancy in the crustal roots of old mountains

Nature

Volumn 417, Issue 6892, 2002, Pages 933-936

  Fischer, Karen M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EROSION; GRAVITATION; TECTONICS;

MOUNTAINS; TOPOGRAPHY;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL ROOT; ISOSTASY; OROGENIC BELT; UNLOADING;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; HYPOTHESIS; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037182857     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00855     Document Type: Article

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