Rapid fluvial incision along the Yellow River during headward basin integration

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Craddock, William H ^a   Kirby, Eric ^a   Harkins, Nathan W ^a,c   Zhang, Huiping ^b   Shi, Xuhua ^a   Liu, Jianhui ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSLIDE; OROGENY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; RECONSTRUCTION; RELIEF; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; UPLIFT;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 77950545783     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo777     Document Type: Article

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