Fluvial incision and channel downcutting as a response to Late-glacial and Early Holocene climate change: The lower reach of the river Meuse (Maas), The Netherlands

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-75

  Tebbens, Leo A ^a   Veldkamp, A ^a   Westerhoff, W ^b   Kroonenberg, S B ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

14C dating; Late Weichselian; Maas; Palaeohydrology; Residual channels

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL PROCESS; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

MAAS RIVER; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0032937248     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199902)14:1<59::AID-JQS408>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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