Extremely low long-term erosion rates around the Gamburtsev Mountains in interior East Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Cox, S E ^a,b   Thomson, S N ^c   Reiners, P W ^c   Hemming, S R ^a   Van De Flierdt, T ^a,d  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

APATITE FISSION TRACKS; BEDROCK EROSION; COOLING HISTORY; EAST ANTARCTICA; EROSION RATES; HE COOLING; HIGH ELEVATION; ICE-CAPS; PERMIAN; PLATE BOUNDARIES; TECTONIC ACTIVITY;

LANDFORMS;

APATITE; CRATON; EOCENE; EROSION RATE; GLACIATION; ICE CAP; OROGENY; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; LAMBERT GRABEN; PRYDZ BAY;

EID: 78649495421     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045106     Document Type: Article

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