Regional incision of the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Lithosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-63

  Ouimet, William ^a   Whipple, Kelin ^b   Royden, Leigh ^c   Reiners, Peter ^d   Hodges, Kip ^b   Pringle, Malcolm ^c  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; EROSION; HELIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; STREAM FLOW; TOPOGRAPHY; ZIRCON;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DADU RIVERS; HIGH ELEVATION; REGIONAL PATTERN; SICHUAN BASIN; TIBETAN PLATEAU; YANGTZE RIVER;

RIVERS;

ACTIVE FAULT; APATITE; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; EXHUMATION; GORGE; OROGENY; PLATEAU; QUATERNARY; RELIEF; UPLIFT; ZIRCON;

CHINA; DADU RIVER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SICHUAN; YALONG RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 78449260000     PISSN: 19418264     EISSN: 19474253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/L57.1     Document Type: Article

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