Testing the sensitivity of geomorphic indices in areas of low-rate active folding (eastern Betic Cordillera, Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 218-231

  Pedrera, Antonio ^a   Pérez Peña, José Vicente ^a   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^a,b   Azañón, José Miguel ^a,b   Azor, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active and recent tectonics; Alluvial fan; Betic Cordillera; Hypsometric curve; Low rate folding; River incision; SLk index; Vf index

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ANTIFORM; DEFORMATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FOLDING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 60349100816     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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