Late cenozoic denudation and uplift rates in the Santa Lucia Mountains, California

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-142

  Ducea, Mihai ^a   House, Martha A ^b   Kidder, Steven ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Denudation; Transpression; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC DENUDATION;

EROSION; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; UPLIFT PRESSURE;

GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; DENUDATION; ELEVATION; EXHUMATION; MASS WASTING; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879883001     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0139:LCDAUR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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