Thermochronometry reveals headward propagation of erosion in an alpine landscape

Science

Volumn 332, Issue 6025, 2011, Pages 84-88

  Shuster, David L ^a,b   Cuffey, Kurt M ^b   Sanders, Johnny W ^b   Balco, Greg ^a  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; HELIUM;

GLACIATION; GLACIOTECTONICS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PLEISTOCENE; SLIDING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; VALLEY GLACIER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; GLACIAL PERIOD; LANDSCAPE; NEW ZEALAND; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

EID: 79953290589     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1198401     Document Type: Article

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