Transition from alluvial to fluvial systems in the Guadalentín Depression (SE Spain) during the Holocene: Lorca Fan versus Guadalentín River

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 140-153

  Silva, Pablo G ^a   Bardají, Teresa ^b   Calmel Avila, Maryvonne ^c   Goy, José Luis ^a   Zazo, Cari ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Lycée G Crampe ^*  (France)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Betic Cordillera; Fluvial; Holocene; Rambla systems; SE Spain

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; BRONZE AGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; THALWEG;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALENTIN BASIN; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48949095925     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.023     Document Type: Article

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