Pliocene and Quaternary surface uplift evidenced by sediments of the Loire-Allier river system (France)

Quaternaire

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 103-115

  Westaway, Rob ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

France; Loire; Pleistocene; River terraces; Uplift

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; OLIGOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

ALLIER RIVER; AUVERGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-LOIRE; LOIRE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3142562508     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/quate.2004.1758     Document Type: Article

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