Climate-induced rebound and exhumation of the European Alps

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 709-712

  Cederbom, Charlotte E ^a   Sinclair, Hugh D ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^b   Rahn, Meinert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Hauptabteilung fur die Sicherheit der Kernanlagen HSK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate effects; Erosion; Exhumation; Fission tracks; Foreland basins; Mountains

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKENING; MOUNTAIN BELTS; CLIMATE EFFECTS; EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK; FORELAND BASIN; MOUNTAINS;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; LANDFORMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; GLACIAL REBOUND; ISOSTASY; MOUNTAIN; OROGENIC BELT; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COOLING; CRUSTAL THICKENING; EROSION; MASS; SEDIMENT; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHY; UNROOFING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; AAR MASSIF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; PREALPS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4344638111     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20491.1     Document Type: Article

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