Controls on the degree of fluvial incision of continental shelves

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1381-1393

  Fagherazzi, Sergio ^a   Howard, Alan D ^b   Niedoroda, Alan Wm ^c   Wiberg, Patricia L ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Fluvial incisions; Numerical modeling; Sea level oscillations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITS; DRAINAGE; LANDFORMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVER CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (LIQUID + LIQUID) EQUILIBRIUM; ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ADRIATIC SHELF; APPLIED (CO); BASE LEVEL CHANGE; COASTAL PLAINS; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EARLY STAGES; ELSEVIER (CO); EVOLUTION (CO); FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FLUVIAL INCISION; GEOMETRICAL DIFFERENCES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PO RIVER;

RIVERS;

COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ADRIATIC SEA; APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47749156004     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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