Quaternary landscape evolution and erosion rates for an intramontane Neogene basin (Guadix-Baza basin, SE Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 206-218

  Pérez Peña, José Vicente ^a   Azañón, José Miguel ^a,b   Azor, Antonio ^a   Tuccimei, Paola ^c   Della Seta, Marta ^d   Soligo, Michele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erosion rates; GIS; Guadix Baza basin; Landscape evolution; River capture; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DATING METHOD; EROSION RATE; FAULT; GIS; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NEOGENE; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; WATER EROSION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 62649090619     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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