Late Quaternary rapid talus dissection and debris flow deposition on an alluvial fan in Syria

Catena

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-140

  Oguchi, Takashi ^a   Oguchi, Chiaki T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Climatic change; Debris flow; Syria; Talus slope

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS FLOW; DISSECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; TALUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 1142290107     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00112-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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