Landscape evolution of a bedrock peneplain on the southern Tibetan Plateau revealed by in situ-produced cosmogenic 10Be and 21Ne

Geomorphology

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-204

  Strobl, M ^a   Hetzel, R ^a   Niedermann, S ^b   Ding, L ^c   Zhang, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic 10Be; Cosmogenic 21Ne; Denudation rate; Peneplain; Tibet

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CATCHMENT; CENOZOIC; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; ERRATIC; IN SITU STRESS; INHOMOGENEITY; JURASSIC; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PENEPLAIN; UPLIFT; WEATHERING;

CHINA; LHASA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

GRUS;

EID: 84862787027     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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