Lecture 21 Slides: Topography - MIT OpenCourseWare · Grand Canyon Marli Miller, U. Oregon Courtesy...
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Topography)
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NASA
“Geographic”/Plate carrée
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Mercator
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Transverse Mercator
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Grand Canyon Marli Miller, U. Oregon
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Marli Miller, U. Oregon / Block Models by John Lewis, Colorado College 6
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Hyperion Cassini imaging team NASA
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Mathworks Geoid anomaly (m)
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Anderson & Anderson
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To first order, relief should be governed by isostasy.
Blackburn et al., in prep
Model: Lithosphere cools + HPE
Erosion rate � Relief [e.g., Braun, several papers] Isostatic equilibrium
3 crustal density scenarios
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Figures of elevation (m) and R (relief/root thickness) versus mountain belt formation age (Ma) removed due to copyright restrictions.
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