Cosmogenic nuclide budgeting of floodplain sediment transfer

Geomorphology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 246-256

  Wittmann, H ^a   von Blanckenburg, F ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Depositional basins; Erosion rate; Floodplains; Sediment budget; Sediment transfer

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EROSION RATE; FLOODPLAIN; MODELING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

AMAZON BASIN; BENI BASIN; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349223286     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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