Coupling glacial erosion and tectonics at active orogens: A numerical modeling study
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Coupling glacial erosion and tectonics at active orogens: A numerical modeling study
[1] Climate change indirectly alters the distribution of tectonic uplift at active orogens by modifying the action of surface processes, which in turn alters mountain topography. The impact of alpine glaciation on tectonic activity is explored here. The predictions of previous analytical, critical wedge models are compared with the output of a numerical model that explicitly couples rock uplift...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/2005jf000332