Geomorphic and cosmogenic nuclide constraints on escarpment evolution in an intraplate setting, Darling Escarpment, Western Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-459

  Jakica, Sara ^a   Quigley, Mark C ^b   Sandiford, Mike ^a   Clark, Dan ^c   Fifield, L Keith ^d   Alimanovic, Abaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cosmogenic nuclide; Erosion rates; Scarp

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BEDROCK OUTCROP; BEDROCK SURFACES; COSMOGENIC; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDE; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; EROSION RATES; FLOWING STREAMS; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; INCISION RATES; LATE QUATERNARY; LONGITUDINAL PROFILE; NEAR-FAULT; NEO GENES; SCARP; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SMALL STREAMS; STEADY STATE; TIME-SCALES; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; VALLEY FLOOR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BERYLLIUM; FLOORS; HYDRAULICS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS;

EROSION;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; ESCARPMENT; FAULT SCARP; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; NEOGENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; STREAMFLOW; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79952521324     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2058     Document Type: Article

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