Sediment mixing and basin-wide cosmogenic nuclide analysis in rapidly eroding mountainous environments

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-14

  Binnie, Steven A ^a   Phillips, William M ^a   Summerfield, Michael A ^a   Keith Fifield, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

California; Cosmogenic nuclides; Denudation rates; Geomorphology; San Bernardino Mountains

Indexed keywords

DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIXING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548038758     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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