Emergence of the Canadian Rockies and adjacent plains: A comparison of physiography between end-of-Laramide time and the present day

The landscape of the Canadian Rockies in southern Alberta is not a direct result of constructional processes; that is, the ridges and peaks have not been pushed into the positions in which we see them today. Tectonic activity provided original elevation but not mountains: at the end of Laramide time...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geomorphology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2006-05, Vol.75 (3), p.450-477
Hauptverfasser:	Osborn, Gerald, Stockmal, Glen, Haspel, Rebecca
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Canadian Rockies Canadian Rocky Mountains Cenozoic Critical taper Erosion Landscape evolution Plains Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
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