Fluvial origin of the valley system in northern Victoria Land (Antarctica) from quantitative geomorphic analysis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 212-228

  Baroni, Carlo ^a,b   Noti, Valerio ^a   Ciccacci, Sirio ^c   Righini, Giovanni ^a   Salvatore, Maria Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; East Antarctica; Landscape evolution; Quantitative analysis; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL EROSION; NORTHERN VICTORIA LAND (NVL), ANTARTICA; SINUOUS VALLEYS; VALLEY NETWORK;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE; EROSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GLACIERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; VALLEY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND; WORLD;

EID: 13344286289     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25529.1     Document Type: Article

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