The post-glacial landscape evolution of the North German Basin: Morphology, neotectonics and crustal deformation

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1083-1093

  Reicherter, K ^a   Kaiser, A ^b   Stackebrandt, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Landesamt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe Brandenburg ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomorphological evolution; Neotectonics; North German Basin; Post glacial landscape evolution; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; POSTGLACIAL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

EID: 31344477934     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-005-0007-0     Document Type: Article

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