Holocene denudation rates from the superhumid southernmost Chilean Patagonian Andes (53°S) deduced from lake sediment budgets

Geomorphology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-152

  Breuer, Sonja ^a   Kilian, Rolf ^a   Baeza, Oscar ^a   Lamy, Frank ^b   Arz, Helge ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chile; Echosounder data; Holocene denudation rates; Lake; Patagonian Andes; Sediment budget

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CATCHMENT; CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ANDES; CHILE; ICELAND; NORWAY; PATAGONIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 84875494097     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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