River incision and terrace formation in the Late Cenozoic of Europe

Tectonophysics

Volumn 474, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-55

  Gibbard, P L ^a   Lewin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL SEDIMENTS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; COLD CLIMATE; COMMON PROPERTY; DEEP VALLEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPISODIC INCISION; ERODIBILITY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; INTERGLACIALS; LATE CENOZOIC; PERIGLACIAL; PLEISTOCENE; SEA-LEVEL; SEDIMENT LOADS; TERRACE FORMATIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

LANDFORMS;

BEDROCK; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ERODIBILITY; FLUVIAL PROCESS; FORMATION MECHANISM; INCISED VALLEY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT YIELD; TERRACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68849088744     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.11.017     Document Type: Article

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