Control of geomorphic processes on 10Be concentrations in individual clasts: Complexity of the exposure history in Gobi-Altay range (Mongolia)

Geomorphology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 35-47

  Vassallo, Riccardo ^a   Ritz, Jean François ^b   Carretier, Sébastien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

Catchment erosion; Cosmogenic radionuclides; Dating; Hillslopes; Mongolia; River terraces

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; EXHUMATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RIVER BED; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

GOVI-ALTAY; MONGOLIA;

EID: 80053597276     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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