Geomorphic significance of postglacial bedrock scarps on normal-fault footwalls

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tucker, Gregory E ^a   McCoy, Scott W ^a   Whittaker, Alexander C ^b   Roberts, Gerald P ^c   Lancaster, Stephen T ^d   Phillips, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BEDROCK; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRACKING; DATA INTERPRETATION; EROSION RATE; FAULT SCARP; FOOTWALL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LIMESTONE; NORMAL FAULT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; POSTGLACIAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLIP RATE; WEATHERING RATE;

APENNINES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79953054274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JF001861     Document Type: Article

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