Making a mountain out of a plateau

Hugh Sinclair ()
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Hugh Sinclair: Hugh Sinclair is at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK.

Nature, 2017, vol. 542, issue 7639, 41-42

Abstract: A theory proposed in 2015 suggested that relatively flat surfaces in mountain ranges were formed by the reorganization of river networks. A fresh analysis rebuts this idea, reigniting discussion of a long-standing problem in Earth science.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/542041a

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