Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "erosion"
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Andean Growth and the Deceleration of South American Subduction: Time Evolution of a Coupled Orogen-subduction System
(Elsevier, 2008)Present-day orography at the Andean margin is a result of isostasy, tectonic accretion, and erosional processes. The resulting excess mass of the Andes gives rise to frictional stresses on the seismogenic plate interface ... -
Orogen Response to Changes in Climatic and Tectonic Forcing
(Elsevier, 2006)Despite much progress, many questions remain regarding the potential dynamic coupling between atmospheric and lithospheric processes in the long-term evolution of mountain belts. As a complement to recent efforts to discover ...