Time constant for equilibration of erosion with tectonic uplift

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 621-624

  Hooke, Roger LeB ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geomorphology; Mountains; Response time; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONES;

LANDFORMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EROSION;

COLLISION ZONE; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

EID: 0042202188     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0621:TCFEOE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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