Tectonic control of erosion and sedimentation in the Amazon Basin of Bolivia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3225-3229

  Baby, Patrice ^a,b   Guyot, Jean Loup ^a,b   Hérail, Gérard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Peru)

Author keywords

Amazon; Andes; Bolivia; Erosion; Foreland basin system; Hydrology; Sedimentation; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; BOLIVIA; COLOMBIA; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION; FORELAND BASIN; FORELAND BASIN SYSTEM; FORWARD PROPAGATION; GROWING MASS; LATE MIOCENE; MASS BALANCE; OROGENIC WEDGE; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; TECTONIC CONTROL; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UPLIFT RATE;

SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; WATER;

CATCHMENTS;

CRUSTAL THICKENING; DEPOSITION; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; FISSION TRACK DATING; FORELAND BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; MASS BALANCE; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT; OROGENY; PARTICULATE FLUX; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

AMAZON BASIN; ANDES; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; MADEIRA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70549097333     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7391     Document Type: Article

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