Holocene erosion, sedimentation, and stratigraphy at Raven Fork, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 161-177

  Leigh, David S ^a   Webb, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TRC Environmental Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian; Archeology; Channel; Colluvium; Entrenched; Hillslope; Sediment; Terrace

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM; PREHISTORIC; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION; STREAM CHANNEL; TERRACE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746298630     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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