Quantitative constraints on the rate of landform evolution derived from low-temperature thermochrohonology

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue , 2005, Pages 351-374

  Braun, Jean ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

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EID: 28544433516     PISSN: 15296466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2005.58.13     Document Type: Article

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