Interaction between normal fault slip and erosion on relief evolution: Insights from experimental modelling

Tectonophysics

Volumn 513, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Strak, V ^a,b   Dominguez, S ^c   Petit, C ^d   Meyer, B ^a,b   Loget, N ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Active normal fault; Drainage basin; Experimental modelling; Relief dynamics; River long profile; Triangular facet

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING; NORMAL FAULTS; RIVER-LONG PROFILE; TRIANGULAR FACETS;

CATCHMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; RAIN; RIVERS; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EROSION;

ACTIVE FAULT; CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION RATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT SLIP; FOOTWALL; NORMAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RELIEF; SEDIMENTATION; SLIP RATE; UPLIFT;

SIBERIA;

EID: 82755187439     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.10.005     Document Type: Review

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