Controls on the erosion of Cenozoic Asia and the flux of clastic sediment to the ocean

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 571-580

  Clift, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Cenozoic; Climate; Erosion; Monsoon

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIMATE; MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); ROCKS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; UPLIFT PRESSURE; WEATHERING;

EROSION;

CENOZOIC; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 30744477509     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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