Weathering and transport of sediments in the Bolivian Andes: Time constraints from uranium-series isotopes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 759-771

  Dosseto, A ^a   Bourdon, B ^a   Gaillardet, J ^a   Maurice Bourgoin, L ^b   Allegre C J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche Pour le Developpement   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Amazon; Andes; erosion; radioactive disequilibrium; sediment transport; uranium series

Indexed keywords

ANDES; RADIOACTIVE DISEQUILIBRIUM; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDROCK; FORELAND BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; URANIUM ISOTOPE; WEATHERING;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747030911     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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