Accurate estimates of the spatial pattern of denudation by inversion of stacking velocity data: An example from the British Isles

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Mackay, L M ^a   White, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British isles; Denudation; Exhumation; Sonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549057320     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001192     Document Type: Article

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