Tectonic denudation and topographic development in the Spanish Sierra Nevada

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Reinhardt, L J ^a   Dempster, T J ^b   Shroder Jr , J F ^c   Persano, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORMAL FAULT; OROGENY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34548361395     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001954     Document Type: Article

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