Groundwater-sapping origin for the giant quebradas of northern Chile

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 605-608

  Hoke, Gregory D ^a   Isacks, Bryan L ^a   Jordan, Teresa E ^a   Yu, Jennifer S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Geomorphology; Groundwater; Groundwater sapping; Rivers and streams

Indexed keywords

ALTIPLANO PLATEAU; CANYON NETWORKS; DRAINAGE NETWORKS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION FEATURE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ALTIPLANO; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3543089293     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20601.1     Document Type: Article

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