Relief evolution in northern Corsica (western Mediterranean): Constraints on uplift and erosion on long-term and short-term timescales

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Fellin, Maria Giuditta ^a   Zattin, Massimiliano ^a   Picotti, Vincenzo ^a   Reiners, Peter W ^b   Nicolescu, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EROSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MIOCENE; NEOGENE; RELIEF; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745918171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JF000167     Document Type: Article

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