Possible flexural accommodation on the eastern edge of the Altiplano in relation to focussed erosion in the Rio La Paz drainage system

Terra Nova

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 373-380

  Zeilinger, Gerold ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; CORDILLERA REAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548707050     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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