The impact of a major Quaternary river capture on the alluvial sediments of a beheaded river system, the Rio Alias SE Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 344-356

  Maher, Elizabeth ^a,b   Harvey, Adrian M ^b   France, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial architecture river terraces; Beheaded rivers; River capture; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE; FAULT; HEADWATER; QUATERNARY; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SORBAS BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALIAS;

EID: 33846610018     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.07.034     Document Type: Article

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