Expression of active tectonics in erosional landscapes

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 54-75

  Kirby, Eric ^a,b   Whipple, Kelin X ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Neotectonics; River profiles; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE DEFORMATION; ACTIVE TECTONICS; CHANNEL BEHAVIOR; CHANNEL GRADIENTS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNEL PROFILE; CHANNEL SYSTEMS; DATA SUPPORT; DRAINAGE AREA; EARTH'S SURFACE; EROSION RATES; FIRST ORDER; IN-CHANNELS; MOUNTAIN BELTS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; NEOTECTONICS; PROFILE ANALYSIS; RIVER PROFILE; ROCK UPLIFT RATES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TOPOGRAPHIC DATA;

DEFORMATION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

DEFORMATION; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER CHANNEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

EID: 84867474013     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2012.07.009     Document Type: Review

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