Erosion rates and mechanisms of knickzone retreat inferred from 10Be measured across strong climate gradients on the northern and central Andes Western Escarpment

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1464-1473

  Abbühl, Luca M ^a   Norton, Kevin P ^a   Jansen, John D ^b   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Aldahan, Ala ^c,d   Possnert, Göran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ANDES; CLIMATE GRADIENTS; DENUDATION RATES; EROSION RATES; FLUVIAL INCISION; HILLSLOPES; LATE MIOCENE; MESOZOIC ROCKS; MIOCENE; NORTHERN CHILE; OR CHANNELS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; PRECIPITATION RATES; RIVER BASINS; RIVER PROFILE; STRONG CORRELATION;

CATCHMENTS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; ESCARPMENT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; RIVER BASIN; UPLIFT;

ANDES;

EID: 84860390263     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2164     Document Type: Article

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