Continent elevation, mountains, and erosion: Freeboard implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Whitehead, J A ^a   Cliff, Peter D ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEPOSITION; ELEVATION; EROSION; FLOATING STRUCTURE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE FAN;

EID: 67651097697     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006176     Document Type: Article

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