Quantifying canyon incision and Andean Plateau surface uplift, southwest Peru: A thermochronometer and numerical modeling approach

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Schildgen, Taylor F ^a,b   Ehlers, Todd A ^c,d   Whipp Jr , David M ^c,e   Van Soest, Matthijs C ^f   Whipple, Kelin X ^f   Hodges, Kip V ^f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CANYON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT FLOW; INCISED VALLEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

ANDES; PERU;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 77951296445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001305     Document Type: Article

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