Landscape evolution space and the relative importance of geomorphic processes and controls

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 79-85

  Phillips, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cumberland Plateau; Geomorphic system; Geomorphological niche; Landscape evolution space

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MODELING;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67349177760     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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