Study of the erosion rates in the upper Maracujá Basin (Quadrilátero Ferrífero/MG, Brazil) by the in situ produced cosmogenic 10Be method

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 905-911

  Salgado, André ^a,b,e   Varajão, César ^a   Colin, Fabrice ^c   Braucher, Régis ^d   Varajão, Angélica ^a   Nalini Jr , Herminio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b CEREGE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

10Be cosmogenic nuclides; Brazil; Erosion rates; Quadril tero Ferr fero

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; SETTLING TANKS; TROPICS;

BASIN EROSION RATES; SURFACE EROSION RATES;

EROSION;

EROSION; GRANITE; SETTLING TANKS; TROPICS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DISSECTION; EROSION RATE; HEADWATER; HUMID TROPICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSTRATE;

BRAZIL; MARACUJA BASIN; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34248597645     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1448     Document Type: Article

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