Erosion and exhumation in the Himalaya from cosmogenic isotope inventories of river sediments

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 273-288

  Vance, Derek ^a   Bickle, Mike ^b   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^c   Kubik, Peter W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate; Cosmogenic isotopes; Erosion; Himalayas; Mineral cooling ages; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL; OROGENIC BELT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; GANGES RIVER; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 0037441675     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01102-0     Document Type: Article

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