Along-strike topographic variation of the Longmen Shan and its significance for landscape evolution along the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 855-864

  Zhang, Hui ping ^a   Zhang, Pei zhen ^a   Kirby, Eric ^b   Yin, Jin hui ^a   Liu, Chun ru ^a   Yu, Gui hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern Tibetan Plateau; Longmen Shan; Tectonics and topography

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PLATEAU; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 79551512050     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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