Formation, uplift and dissection of planation surfaces at passive continental margins - A new approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-699

  Japsen, Peter ^a   Bonow, Johan M ^a   Green, Paul F ^b   Chalmers, James A ^a   Lidmar Bergström, Karna ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dissection; Passive continental margins; Planation surfaces; Uplift

Indexed keywords

APATITE FISSION-TRACK ANALYSIS; CENOZOIC; COOLING HISTORY; DISSECTION; END-PRODUCT; GREENLAND; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LATE NEOGENE; NEW APPROACHES; OLIGOCENE; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGINS; PLANATION SURFACES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; UPLIFT; WEST GREENLAND;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENUDATION; DISSECTION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 66149141465     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1766     Document Type: Article

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