Intense localized rock uplift and erosion in the StElias orogen of Alaska

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 360-363

  Enkelmann, E ^a   Zeitler, P K ^a   Pavlis, T L ^b   Garver, J I ^c   Ridgway, K D ^d  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67649202594     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo502     Document Type: Article

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