A late Holocene palaeoflood record from Slackwater flood deposits of the Llobregat River, NE Spain

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 549-559

  Thorndycraft, V R ^a   Benito, G ^a   Rico, M ^a   Sopena A ^b   Sanchez Moya Y ^b   Casas, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Late Holocene; N.E. Spain; Palaeoflood hydrology; Slackwater flood deposits

Indexed keywords

FLOOD DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 10244265908     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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