Using cosmogenic nuclides to contrast rates of erosion and sediment yield in a semi-arid, arroyo-dominated landscape, Rio Puerco Basin, New Mexico

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 935-953

  Bierman, Paul R ^a   Reuter, Joanna M ^a   Pavich, Milan ^b   Gellis, Allen C ^b   Caffee, Marc W ^c,d   Larsen, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide; Denudation; Fluvial; Geomorphology; Land management; Landscape evolution; Sediment budget; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE; DENUDATION; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARIDA;

EID: 24944479611     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1255     Document Type: Article

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