Late Neogene Exhumation and Relief Development of the European Alps: a Review of the Evidence and possible controlling Mechanisms

• Main Authors: Beek, van der, P. A., Sinclair, H., Vernon, A., Champagnac, J., Cederbom, C.
• Other Authors: 3.1 Lithosphere Dynamics, 3.0 Geodynamics and Geomaterials, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 550 - Earth sciences; Tilting; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_237119

The Neogene sedimentary record provides strong indications for a sharp increase in global sediment fluxes during the Pliocene. In Europe, sediment flux from the Alps has been inferred to have at least doubled since ˜5 Ma, and numerous studies have hinted at accelerating denudation rates in other oro...