Episodic exhumation in the Western Alps

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 601-604

  Carrapa, Barbara ^a   Wijbrans, Jan ^a   Bertotti, Giovanni ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooling; Exhumation; Steady state; Western Alps

Indexed keywords

LAG TIME;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RIVERS; ROCKS; SAND;

SEDIMENTS;

COOLING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EXHUMATION; OROGENIC BELT; TERTIARY;

ITALY;

EID: 0043204578     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0601:EEITWA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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