Estuarine-fluvial floodplain formation in the Holocene Lower Tagus valley (Central Portugal) and implications for Quaternary fluvial system evolution

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 22-24, 2007, Pages 2937-2957

  van der Schriek, Tim ^a   Passmore, David G ^a   Rolão, Jose ^b   Stevenson, Anthony C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE AUTÓNOMA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

FLOODPLAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; TIDAL ENVIRONMENTS;

ESTUARIES;

AGGRADATION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFILL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; VALLEY FILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS VALLEY;

EID: 34347405971     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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