Stability of the Upper Nile drainage network (Ethiopia) deduced from (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: Implications for uplift and erosion of the Afar plume dome

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 73-88

  Pik, Raphaël ^a   Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Carignan, Jean ^a   Lavé, Jérôme ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

(U Th) He; Afar; Ethiopian plateau; Nile basin; Surface uplift; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DATING METHOD; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; MANTLE PLUME; PHANEROZOIC; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

AFAR; ETHIOPIA; ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU; UPPER NILE DRAINAGE BASIN;

EID: 0141954026     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00457-6     Document Type: Article

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