Topographic and lithologic control on catchment-wide denudation rates derived from cosmogenic 10Be in two mountain ranges at the margin of NE Tibet

Geomorphology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 130-142

  Palumbo, L ^a   Hetzel, R ^a   Tao, M ^b   Li, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catchment denudation rate; Growing mountain range; In situ produced cosmogenic Beryllium 10; NE Tibet

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; CRETACEOUS; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOZOIC; RED BED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CHINA; LONGSHOU MOUNTAINS; XIZANG;

EID: 77549084007     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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