Quantifying the role of paleoclimate and Andean Plateau uplift on river incision

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 852-871

  Jeffery, M Louise ^a,b   Ehlers, Todd A ^a,c   Yanites, Brian J ^a,d   Poulsen, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Andean Plateau; fluvial incision; Monte Carlo; Oco a canyon; paleoclimate; surface uplift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ERODIBILITY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLATEAU; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPLIFT;

ANDES; PERU;

EID: 84880750293     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20055     Document Type: Article

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