Transformation of tectonic and climatic signals from source to sedimentary archive

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-235

  Armitage, John J ^a   Duller, Robert A ^a   Whittaker, Alex C ^a   Allen, Philip A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOMETRY; GRAIN SIZE; LANDSCAPE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRANSFORMATION; UPLIFT;

EID: 79953653885     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1087     Document Type: Article

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