Dissecting the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau : a study of landslides, erosion and river incision in a transient landscape

Dissecting the eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau : a study of landslides, erosion and river incision in a transient landscape

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2007.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ouimet, William Burke
Other Authors:	Kelin X. Whipple and Leigh H. Royden.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng
Published:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008
Subjects:	Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42276

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