Surface uplift, tectonics, and erosion of eastern Tibet from large-scale drainage patterns

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Clark, M K ^a   Schoenbohm, L M ^a   Royden, L H ^a   Whipple, K X ^a   Burchfiel, B C ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Tang, W ^b   Wang, E ^c   Chen, L ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d Yunnan Institute of Geological Sci   (China)

Author keywords

Drainage reorganization; Erosion; Geomorphology; River capture; Tectonics; Tibet

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; PLATEAU; TECTONICS; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 3543120484     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002TC001402     Document Type: Article

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