Paleogeographic and paleotopographic evolution of the Swiss and Eastern Alps since the Oligocene

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 224-236

  Kuhlemann, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; detrital thermochronology; erosion rates; paleogeography; sediment budget

Indexed keywords

DETRITAL DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SLAB; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34250355204     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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