Late Cenozoic uplift of the eastern United States revealed by fluvial sequences of the Susquehanna and Ohio systems: coupling between surface processes and lower-crustal flow

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2823-2843

  Westaway, Rob ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADS; DATA STRUCTURES; EROSION; RIVERS;

CYCLIC SURFACE LOADING; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL SEQUENCES; SURFACE PROCESSES;

DEPOSITS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PHANEROZOIC; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SUBSIDENCE;

APPALACHIANS; ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; PENNSYLVANIA; SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY; UNITED STATES; YAVAPAI COUNTY;

EID: 36749078622     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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