Temporal and spatial evolution of dynamic support from river profiles: A framework for Madagascar

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Roberts, Gareth G ^a   Paul, Jonathan D ^a   White, Nicky ^a   Winterbourne, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dynamic support; Madagascar; river profile; uplift

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE AREA; EROSIONAL PROCESS; INVERSE MODELING; MADAGASCAR; NEO GENES; RIVER PROFILE; SMOOTH FUNCTIONS; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS; UPLIFT; UPLIFT RATE;

RIVERS;

ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MANTLE; NEOGENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENEPLAIN; RIVER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 84860228270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004040     Document Type: Article

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