Tectonic control of the Tejo river fluvial incision during the late Cenozoic, in Ródão - Central Portugal (Atlantic Iberian border)

Geomorphology

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 271-298

  Cunha, P Proença ^a   Martins, A Antunes ^b   Daveau, S ^c   Friend, P F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Incision; Portugal; Tectonic uplift; Tejo river; Terraces

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DOWNCUTTING; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11244286183     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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