Sedimentology of high-stage flood deposits of the Tagus River, Central Spain

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 107-132

  Benito, Gerardo ^a   Sánchez Moya, Yolanda ^b   Sopena, Alfonso ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Palaeoflood hydrology; Palaeoflood sedimentology; Slackwater flood deposits; Spain

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; PALEOFLOOD; QUATERNARY; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SPAIN; TAGUS RIVER;

EID: 0037451793     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(02)00196-3     Document Type: Article

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