Do river profiles record along-stream variations of low uplift rate?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Carretier, S ^a   Nivière, Bertrand ^b   Giamboni, Marzio ^c,d,e   Winter, T ^f  

^a Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c Swiss Forest Agency   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Bundesamt fr Umwelt   (Switzerland)

^f BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ELEVATION; RIVER BED; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHINE VALLEY; UPPER RHINE VALLEY;

EID: 34047236897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000419     Document Type: Article

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