Modelling the long-term fluvial erosion of the River Somme during the last million years

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-129

  Gargani, Julien ^a,b   Stab, O ^a   Cojan, I ^a   Brulhet, J ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^c ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL PROCESS; NEOTECTONICS; WATER EROSION;

CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MARNE; SOMME VALLEY; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645098917     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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