River incision in relation to post-glacial events in the Humber River basin, Ontario

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-30

  Phillips, Roger T J ^a   Robert, André ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MEANDER; MELTWATER; MORPHOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; RIVER TERRACE; STRATIGRAPHY; WISCONSINAN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUMBER RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845245868     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/013734ar     Document Type: Article

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