The geomorphology of valley-floor troughs illustrated from depositional sequences in the Durance valley, southeast France

Physical Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-493

  Warner, Robin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Colluvium; Durance River; Floodplain; France; Moraine; River channel; River terrace; Valley floor trough

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER TERRACE; TROUGH; VALLEY;

DURANCE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846954700     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.27.6.475     Document Type: Article

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