Hypotheses and observations on the origin of the landscape of southern Norway-A comment regarding the isostasy-climate-erosion hypothesis by Nielsen et al. 2008

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 95-100

  Lidmar Bergström, Karna ^a   Bonow, Johan M ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Base level plain; Landscape analysis; Re exposed relief; Southern Norway; Uplift; Valley incision

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; INCISED VALLEY; ISOSTASY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67650671662     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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