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Erosional Unloading

Erosional Unloading is a geophysical process within the study of lithospheric flexure whereby the removal of surface material by erosion reduces the vertical load on the lithosphere, thereby inducing isostatic rebound and modifying regional patterns of subsidence and uplift.

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2017–2026

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Denudational Unloading

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Estimating <i>T</i><sub><i>e</i></sub> in the presence of internal loads

Dan McKenzie · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2003 · 147 citations · Full text

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Erosional Unloading and Fluid Pressures in Hydraulically "Tight" Rocks

C. E. Neuzil, David W. Pollock · The Journal of Geology · 1983 · 133 citations

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Gravity anomalies, crustal structure and flexure of the lithosphere at the Baltimore Canyon Trough

A. B. Watts · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1988 · 128 citations · Full text

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Orographic precipitation, erosional unloading, and tectonic style

Paul F. Hoffman, J. P. Grotzinger · Geology · 1993 · 116 citations

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Origin of Fracture Porosity—Example from Altamont Field, Utah

Wayne Narr, J. B. Currie · AAPG Bulletin · 1982 · 91 citations

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Authors

93

  1. AB
    A. B. Watts

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 217 citations

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  2. JB
    J. B. Currie

    University of Toronto, Canada

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  3. FS
    Fritz Schlunegger

    University of Bern, Switzerland

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  4. VK
    Vivi Kathrine Pedersen

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. EB
    E. Burov

    Sorbonne Université, France

    1 publications · 26 citations

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Institutions

62

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    208 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    198 citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    59 citations

  4. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    417 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    141 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 4 publications · 219 citations

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  2. Tectonics

    3 publications · 153 citations

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  3. Terra Nova

    3 publications · 88 citations

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  4. Geology

    3 publications · 164 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

    2 publications · 25 citations

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