Constraints on the role of tectonic and climate on erosion revealed by two time series analysis of marine cores around New Zealand

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 410, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-185

  Cogez, Antoine ^a,b   Meynadier, Laure ^a   Allègre, Claude ^a   Limmois, Delphine ^a   Herman, Frédéric ^b   Gaillardet, JérÔme ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacial erosion; Glacial interglacial cycles; Neodymium isotopes; Southern alps; Tectonics and climate controls

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; TECTONICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; INTERGLACIAL PERIODS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES; SOUTHERN ALPS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

EROSION;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORE ANALYSIS; EROSION RATE; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; TECTONIC SETTING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHERING RATE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84916899024     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.11.029     Document Type: Article

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