Glacial-interglacial variation in denudation rates from interior Texas, USA, established with cosmogenic nuclides

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 209-221

  Hidy, Alan J ^a   Gosse, John C ^a   Blum, Michael D ^b   Gibling, Martin R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

10Be denudation rates; Climate change; Coastal plain; Gulf of Mexico; Sediment flux; TCN

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; DENUDATION RATES; GULF OF MEXICO; SEDIMENT FLUX; TCN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CATCHMENTS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PLAIN; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DENUDATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZOS RIVER; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF MEXICO; TEXAS; TRINITY RIVER [TEXAS]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893358541     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.011     Document Type: Article

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