Basins and bedrock: Spatial variation in 10Be erosion rates and increasing relief in the southern Rocky Mountains, USA

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-170

  Dethier, David P ^a   Ouimet, Will ^b   Bierman, Paul R ^c   Rood, Dylan H ^d   Balco, Greg ^e  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEASUREMENTS OF; MUON INTERACTIONS; ROCK RESISTANCE; SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

EROSION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COLORADO; NEBRASKA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84988689825     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G34922.1     Document Type: Article

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