Dynamic equilibrium among erosion, river incision, and coastal uplift in the northern and central Apennines, Italy

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-106

  Cyr, Andrew J ^a   Granger, Darryl E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclides; Dynamic equilibrium; Erosion; Italy; Landscape evolution; Northern apennines

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION;

BERYLLIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TECTONICS;

EROSION;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COASTAL EROSION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT YIELD; UPLIFT;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449173451     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24003A.1     Document Type: Article

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