Reconstructing paleoelevation in eroded oregons

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 525-528

  Mulch, Andreas ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^b   Cosca, Michael A ^a   Vanderhaeghe, Olivier ^c   Vennemann, Torsten W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Detachment; Eocene; Hydrogen; Isotope; Paleoelevation

Indexed keywords

ERODED OREGONS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES;

HYDROGEN; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPES;

GEOLOGY;

CORDILLERA; ELEVATION; EOCENE; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MUSCOVITE; OROGENIC BELT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 3142766128     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20394.1     Document Type: Article

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