Shaping post-orogenic landscapes by climate and chemical weathering

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1171-1174

  Chadwick, Oliver A ^a   Roering, Josh J ^b   Heimsath, Arjun M ^c   Levick, Shaun R ^d   Asner, Gregory P ^e   Khomo, Lesego ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; EROSION RATES; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; NATIONAL PARKS; RIVER SANDS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIFORM SOIL;

EROSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WEATHERING;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CATENA; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE EFFECT; EROSION RATE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LITHOLOGY; OROGENY; REGOLITH; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; VALLEY;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84886626719     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34721.1     Document Type: Article

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