Paleoerosion rates from cosmogenic 10Be in a 1.3 Ma terrace sequence: Response of the river Meuse to changes in climate and rock uplift

Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-144

  Schaller, M ^a   von Blanckenburg, F ^a   Hovius, N ^b   Veldkamp, A ^c   van den Berg, Meindert W ^d   Kubik, P W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; QUARTZ; RIVER TERRACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEUSE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2342648182     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381654     Document Type: Article

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