Erosion rates of the Bhutanese Himalaya determined using in situ-produced 10Be

Geomorphology

Volumn 233, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-126

  Portenga, Eric W ^a,b   Bierman, Paul R ^c   Duncan, Chris ^d   Corbett, Lee B ^c   Kehrwald, Natalie M ^e   Rood, Dylan H ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beryllium; Bhutan; Cosmogenic nuclide; Denudation; Sediment; Uplift

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; UPLIFT;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84922569134     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.09.027     Document Type: Article

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