Late Pleistocene-Holocene landscape evolution in Fossa Bradanica, Basilicata (southern Italy)

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 297-306

  Boenzi, F ^a   Caldara, M ^a   Capolongo, D ^a   Dellino, P ^a   Piccarreta, M ^a   Simone, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossa Bradanica; Gullies; Late Pleistocene Holocene; Southern Italy; Valley fills

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER BASIN;

BASILICATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 55049123666     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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