The quantitative correlation between denudation volume and sedimentary flux in the denudation-accumulation system: Examples from Minjiang River drainage system

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 332-343

  Li, Yong ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Zhou, Rongjun ^b   Zhang, Yi ^a   Densmore, A L ^c   Ellis, M A ^d  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Seismological Bureau of Sichuan Province   (China)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chengdu basin; Denudation volume; Denudation accumulation system; Eastern margin of Tibetan plateau; Late Cenozoic; Minjiang River drainage system; Sedimentary flux

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ASIA; CHENGDU BASIN; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIN RIVER [SICHUAN]; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN;

EID: 34250375169     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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