Response of glacial landscapes to spatial variations in rock uplift rate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Brocklehurst, Simon H ^a   Whipple, Kelin X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELEVATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLATE TECTONICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; NANGA PARBAT; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHERN AREAS; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 34548312255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JF000667     Document Type: Article

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