Avulsion: The relative roles of autogenic and allogenic processes

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 309-325

  Stouthamer, Esther ^a   Berendsen, Henk J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autogenic; Avulsion; Avulsion sequence; Climate; Sea level; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34248152661     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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