Palaeosurfaces in central West Greenland as reference for identification of tectonic movements and estimation of erosion

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 161-183

  Bonow, Johan M ^a,b   Lidmar Bergström, Karna ^b   Japsen, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

differential erosion; etch surface; hilly relief; Landform analysis; Neogene; palaeosurface; planation surface; tectonic movements; uplift; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BASEMENT ROCK; CENOZOIC; EROSION; LANDFORM; MESOZOIC; PALEOSURFACE; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONIC PHENOMENA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 33646340961     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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