Floodplain evolution in a small, tectonically active basin of northern California

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 869-888

  Constantine, José A ^a   Pasternack, Gregory B ^a   Johnson, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Floodplain stratigraphy; Land use change; Navarro; Overbank deposition

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; FLOODS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENT CORES;

TECTONICS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; OVERBANK SEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141595174     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.510     Document Type: Article

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