Tectonic geomorphology, drainage basin metrics, and active mountain fronts

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-21

  Frankel, Kurt L ^a   Pazzaglia, Frank J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escarpments; Landscape evolution; Landscape metrics; Mountain fronts; Stream gradients

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; NEOTECTONICS;

EID: 33644758342     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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