Controls on fan development - Evidence from fan morphometry and sedimentology; Sierra Nevada, SE Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-84

  Calvache, María L ^a   Viseras, César ^a   Fernández, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Betic cordillera; Drainage basins; Morphology morphometry; Quaternary; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAN DEVELOPMENT; FAN MORPHOMETRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SPAIN, SIERRA NEVADA;

EID: 0031429327     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00035-4     Document Type: Article

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