Drainage network geometry versus tectonics in the Argentera Massif (French-Italian Alps)

Geomorphology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 253-266

  Ribolini, Adriano ^a   Spagnolo, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Argentera Massif; Channel orientation; Drainage network pattern; Remote sensing; Tectonic geomorphology

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISPLACEMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOMETRY; LITHOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RIVER CHANNEL; STRAIN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THRUST; UPLIFT;

ALPS; ARGENTERA MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; MARITIME ALPS; WESTERN ALPS;

EID: 35848933475     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.02.016     Document Type: Article

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