Channel incision in the Rio Atenguillo, Jalisco, Mexico, defined by 36Cl measurements of bedrock

Geomorphology

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 279-292

  Righter, K ^a   Caffee, M ^b   Rosas Elguera, J ^c   Valencia, V ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad de Guadalajara   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc tectonics; Bedrock channel; Incision; Knickpoints; Uplift

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER CHANNEL; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ATENGUILLO RIVER; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77954814802     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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