Tectonic and climatic controls of denudation rates in active orogens: The San Bernardino Mountains, California

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Binnie, Steven A ^a   Phillips, William M ^b   Summerfield, Michael A ^b   Fifield, L Keith ^c   Spotila, James A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Cosmogenic 10Be; Denudation rates; Erosion rates; Landscape evolution; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGENY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SNOW ACCUMULATION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; VALLEY FILL;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952885779     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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