Flow in the lower continental crust as a mechanism for the quaternary uplift of south-east England: Constraints from the Thames terrace record

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 559-603

  Westaway, Rob ^a   Maddy, Darrel ^b   Bridgland, David ^c  

^a University of Newcastle Upon Tyne ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RIVERS;

CRUSTS;

HYDROLOGY;

ISOSTASY; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036184072     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(01)00040-3     Document Type: Article

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