Geomorphological consequences of weak lower continental crust, and its significance for studies of uplift, landscape evolution and the interpretation of river terrace sequences

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 283-303

  Westaway, R ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geomorphology; Quaternary; River terraces; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EID: 0036934112     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600022617     Document Type: Article

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