Quantifying the late stage topographic evolution of orogenic belts by Fast Fourier Transform spectral analysis: Applications in the Dabie and Micang Shan, China and Sierra Nevada, U. S. A.

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 743-762

  Su, Zhe ^a,b   Liu, Jing ^a   Zhang, Luxin ^a,b   Wang, Erchie ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

A critical wavelength of thermo topography; Closure temperature isotherm; Exhumation and erosion; Paleo topography; Tectonic geomorphology; The Fast Fourier Transform spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLOSURE TEMPERATURE; COOLING; EROSION; EXHUMATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RELIEF; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

CALIFORNIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; MICANG MOUNTAINS; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861142179     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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