Tortoises and hares: Dissolution, erosion and isostasy in landscape evolution

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 477-494

  Simms, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Denudation; Ireland; Isostasy; Limestone; Silicates; Topographic inversion

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; EROSION; LIMESTONE; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SILICATE MINERALS; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HUMID CLIMATE; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHIC INVERSION; VEGETATION COVER;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DENUDATION; DISSOLUTION; ISOSTASY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LIMESTONE; SILICATE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2142809811     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1047     Document Type: Article

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