Modelling detrital cooling-age populations: Insights from two Himalayan catchments

Basin Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-320

  Brewer, I D ^a   Burbank, D W ^b   Hodges, K V ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CATCHMENT; COOLING; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

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EID: 0141520700     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.2003.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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