Lowland river responses to intraplate tectonism and climate forcing quantified with luminescence and cosmogenic 10Be

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-58

  Jansen, J D ^a   Nanson, G C ^b   Cohen, T J ^b   Fujioka, T ^c   Fabel, D ^d   Larsen, J R ^e   Codilean, A T ^b   Price, D M ^b   Bowman, H H ^b   May, J H ^b   Gliganic, L A ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anabranching; Bedrock river incision; Cosmogenic nuclides; Deposition rate; Intraplate tectonism; Luminescence

Indexed keywords

ANABRANCHING; BEDROCK RIVER INCISION; CLIMATE FORCINGS; COSMOGENIC NUCLIDES; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; INTRAPLATE TECTONISM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MEANDERING RIVERS;

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; DOMES; EROSION; FLOODS; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

ANTICLINE; BEDLOAD; BEDROCK; CLIMATE FORCING; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DEFORMATION; DEPOCENTER; DEPOSITION; FOLDING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RIVER; TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84875168610     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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