Spatial variations in catchment-averaged denudation rates from normal fault footwalls

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1139-1142

  Densmore, Alexander L ^a   Hetzel, Ralf ^b   Ivy Ochs, Susan ^c   Krugh, William C ^d   Dawers, Nancye ^e   Kubik, Peter ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Tulane University   (United States)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SIZE; CONTROLLED EROSION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; DENUDATION RATES; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FAULT GROWTH; FAULT LENGTH; LANDSLIDING; LOW TEMPERATURES; NORMAL FAULTS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

RADIOISOTOPES; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; DENUDATION; FAULT DISPLACEMENT; FOOTWALL; NORMAL FAULT; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72149124504     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30164A.1     Document Type: Article

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