Spatial and temporal variability in denudation across the Bolivian Andes from multiple geochronometers

Geomorphology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 65-77

  Insel, Nadja ^a   Ehlers, Todd A ^a,c   Schaller, Mirjam ^a,c   Barnes, Jason B ^a,d   Tawackoli, Sohrab ^b   Poulsen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Climate change; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Denudation; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANDES; BOLIVIA;

EID: 77955271547     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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