Basin-scale reconstruction of the geological context of human settlement: an example from the lower Mississippi Valley, USA

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1255-1270

  Kidder, Tristram R ^a   Adelsberger, Katherine A ^a   Arco, Lee J ^a   Schilling, Timothy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIERS; SEDIMENTS;

BASIN-SCALE RECONSTRUCTION; GEOMORPHIC RESPONSES; HYDROCLIMATIC CHANGE; RIVER VALLEYS;

CATCHMENTS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SEA LEVEL; SETTLEMENT PATTERN;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; TENSAS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349128420     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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