An experience of morphometric estimation of denudation value at mountains

Abstract

A method is introduced for estimation c' total denunciation at mountains by calculalating of the volume between the present earth surface and reconstructed pre-orogenic surface; the denudation is calculated for time interval since the beginning of the pre-orogenic surface dissection. The technique application is illustrated by a site at the North-West Caucasus, denudation volume, denudation cut-off value and average rate of denudation being calculated.