Postglacial evolution of a fine-grained alluvial fan in the northern Great Plains, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-249

  Campbell, Celina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Evolution; Geomorphology; Palaeoclimate; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL; FAN DEVELOPMENT; HOLOCENE;

CANADA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0032080194     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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