River history and tectonics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1966, 2012, Pages 2173-2192

  Vita Finzi, C ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial processes; Geochronology; Isostasy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING;

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; AUSTRALIA; CENOZOIC; CHANNEL PATTERN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATIONS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EARTH MOVEMENTS; FLUVIAL PROCESS; ISOSTASY; ISOTOPIC DATING; LITHOSPHERIC; LOCALIZED DEFORMATIONS; MANTLE PLUME; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NUMERICAL MODELLING; STREAM PATTERNS; TECTONIC PROCESS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 84859918758     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0605     Document Type: Article

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