Geomorphic development of the escarpment of the Eritrean margin, southern Red Sea from combined apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 97-110

  Balestrieri, M L ^a   Stuart, F M ^b   Persano, C ^b   Abbate, E ^c   Bigazzi, G ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

(U Th) He dating; Denudation; Escarpment; Fission tracks; Passive margin; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; FISSION TRACK THERMOCHRONOMETERS; RED SEA; SEA FLOOR;

CHRONOMETERS; COASTAL ZONES; DRAINAGE; FISSION PRODUCTS; HELIUM; OCEANOGRAPHY; THORIUM; URANIUM;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DENUDATION; ESCAPEMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PASSIVE MARGIN; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ERITREA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13844321311     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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