Tectonic interpretation of transient stage erosion rates at different spatial scales in an uplifting block

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Carretier, S ^a,b   Poisson, B ^c   Vassallo, R ^a,b,d   Pepin, E ^a   Farias, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 73649112798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JF001080     Document Type: Article

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