Millennial lag times in the Himalayan sediment routing system

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 382, Issue , 2013, Pages 38-46

  Blöthe, Jan Henrik ^a   Korup, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomorphometry; Himalayas; Sediment budget; Sediment storage; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOMETRY; HIMALAYAS; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DIGITAL STORAGE; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

SEDIMENTS;

FORELAND BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MOUNTAIN; OROGENY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUBMARINE FAN; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY FILL;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN;

EID: 84884725479     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.08.044     Document Type: Article

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