Where does sediment come from? Quantifying catchment erosion with detrital apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 725-728

  Stock, Greg M ^a,b   Ehlers, Todd A ^a   Farley, Kenneth A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Yosemite National Park   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apatite (U Th) He; Cosmogenic nuclides; Detrital thermochronometry; Erosion; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

APATITE (U-TH)/HE; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DETRITAL THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; ISOTOPES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

SEDIMENTS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; APATITE; EROSION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748946943     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22592.1     Document Type: Article

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