Structurally controlled drainage basin development in the south of Menorca (Western Mediterranean, Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 139-155

  Gelabert, Bernadi ^a   Fornós, Joan J ^a   Pardo, Josep E ^b   Rosselló, Vicenç M ^c   Segura, Francesca ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEM analysis; Drainage; Faults; Lithology; Menorca Island; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ANTICLINE; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; FAULT; MORPHOMETRY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 12344269089     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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