The impact of Quaternary sea-level and climatic change on coastal alluvial fans in the Cabo de Gata ranges, southeast Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Harvey, Adrian M ^a   Silva, Pablo G ^b   Mather, Anne E ^c   Goy, Jose L ^b   Stokes, Martin ^c   Zazo, Cari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Base level; Mineral magnetics; Southeast Spain

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032789548     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00100-7     Document Type: Article

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