Coupling glacial erosion and tectonics at active orogens: A numerical modeling study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tomkin, Jonathan H ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPLING; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OROGENY; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; AUSTRALASIA; COAST RANGES; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34548337083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JF000332     Document Type: Article

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