Patterns of denudation through time in the San Bernardino Mountains, California: Implications for early-stage orogenesis

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 62-72

  Binnie, Steven A ^a   Phillips, William M ^a   Summerfield, Michael A ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^b   Spotila, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmogenic nuclides; denudation rates; orogenesis; San Bernardino Mountains; topographic evolution

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DENUDATION RATES; OROGENESIS; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; TOPOGRAPHIC EVOLUTION;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; HELIUM; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

LANDFORMS;

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; DISPLACEMENT; OROGENY; PALEOSURFACE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55549129242     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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