Catastrophic flooding origin of shelf valley systems in the English Channel

Nature

Volumn 448, Issue 7151, 2007, Pages 342-345

  Gupta, Sanjeev ^a   Collier, Jenny S ^a   Palmer Felgate, Andy ^a   Potter, Graeme ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK Hydrographic Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BATHYMETRY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISCHARGE; EROSION; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; INTERGLACIAL; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SONAR IMAGERY; VALLEY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EROSION; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DOVER STRAIT; ENGLAND; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447542795     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06018     Document Type: Article

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