Focused modern denudation of the Longmen Shan margin, eastern Tibetan Plateau

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Liu Zeng, Jing ^a   Wen, Li ^a,b   Oskin, Michael ^c   Zeng, Lingsen ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

flux steady state; Longmen Shan; modern denudation; river sediment load; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LONGMEN SHAN; MODERN DENUDATION; RIVER SEDIMENT LOAD; STEADY STATE; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ADVECTION; BEDLOAD; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; FAULT ZONE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HANGING WALL; LANDSLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; LONGMEN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 81255144763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003652     Document Type: Article

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