Thermochronology of the modern Indus River bedload: New insight into the controls on the marine stratigraphic record

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Clift, Peter D ^a,b   Campbell, Ian H ^c   Pringle, Malcolm S ^d,e   Carter, Andrew ^f   Zhang, Xifan ^g   Hodges, Kip V ^d   Khan, Ali Athar ^h   Allen, Charlotte M ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Erosion; Exhumation; Fission track; Himalaya; Indus River; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; EROSION; OROGENIC BELT; RIVER CHANNEL; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDUS RIVER; WORLD;

EID: 11944273382     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001559     Document Type: Article

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