Using tracer thermochronology to measure modern relief change in the Sierra Nevada, California

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 373-383

  McPhillips, Devin ^a   Brandon, Mark T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitational instability; Isochrones; Relief; Sierra Nevada; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

COOLING AGE; DENSE NETWORK; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; ISOCHRONES; LITHOSPHERIC; OLD AGE; RESIDENCE TIME; SIERRA NEVADA; SIERRA NEVADA , CALIFORNIA; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

DAMS; GRAVITATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COOLING;

BEDROCK; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RELIEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TRACER; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; KINGS RIVER; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954660679     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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