Age and Prematurity of the Alps Derived from Topography

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 453-460

  Hergarten, S ^a   Wagner, T ^a   Stuwe K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Denudation; Erosion; Slope; Topography

Indexed keywords

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENUDATION; EUROPEAN ALPS; GEOMORPHIC PARAMETERS; MIOCENE; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PALEOCLIMATES; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SLOPE; STEADY STATE;

BIOLOGY; EROSION; LANDFORMS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

DENUDATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS;

EID: 77956009715     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.06.048     Document Type: Article

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