Lithological control on relief and hypsometry in the Herault drainage basin (France)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 328, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 687-694

  Hurtrez, Jean Emmanuel ^a   Lucazeau, Francis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cevennes; France; Hypsometry; Lithological control; Quantitative geomorphology; Relief

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RELIEF; TECTONIC SETTING;

CEVENNES; FRANCE;

EID: 0033617650     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80178-5     Document Type: Article

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