Determining the impact of faulting on the rate of erosion in a low-relief landscape: A case study using in situ produced 21Ne on active normal faults in the Bishop Tuff, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-413

  Goethals, M M ^a,b   Niedermann, S ^b   Hetzel, R ^a   Fenton, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active faulting; Cosmogenic 21Ne; Desert pavement; Erosion rate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DISPLACEMENT; EROSION RATE; FAULTING; FRACTURE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEON; NEOTECTONICS; NORMAL FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TUFF;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56549091184     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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