Unravelling the patterns of alluvial fan development using mineral magnetic analysis: Examples from the Sparta Basin, Lakonia, Southern Greece

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 601-615

  Pope, Richard J J ^a,b   Millington, Andrew C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Fan surface; Mineral magnetism; Soil development; Sparta Basin

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MAGNETIC METHOD; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL HORIZON;

GREECE;

EID: 0033933112     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9837(200006)25:6<601::AID-ESP94>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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