Response of Plio-Pleistocene alluvial systems to tectonically induced base-level changes, Vera Basin, SE Spain

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 303-316

  Stokes, M ^a   Mather, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Base level; Braided river; SE Spain; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TECTONICS;

SPAIN;

EID: 0034064123     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.303     Document Type: Article

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