The influence of mechanical properties on the link between tectonic and topographic evolution

Geomorphology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-180

  Koons, Peter O ^a   Upton, Phaedra ^b   Barker, Adam D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Cohesion; Landscape evolution

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FAULT ZONE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OROGENY; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

HIMALAYAS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 82455178980     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.012     Document Type: Article

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