Reconstructing Late Quaternary fluvial process controls in the upper Aller Valley (North Germany) by means of numerical modeling

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 375-388

  Veldkamp, A ^a   Van den Berg, M W ^b   Van Dijke, J J ^c   Van den Berg van Saparoea, R M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluvial system; Geomorphology; Neo tectonics; Process modeling; Tectonic stress; Terraces; Uplift

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE; STRESS; UPLIFT;

ALLER VALLEY; GERMANY; WESER BASIN;

EID: 0036942906     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600022666     Document Type: Article

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