Drainage basin response to climate change in the Pisco valley, Peru

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 491-494

  Steffen, Damian ^a   Schlunegger, Fritz ^a   Preusser, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; DRAINAGE BASIN; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HILLSLOPES; HUMID CLIMATES; LUMINESCENCE DATING; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; TIME INTERVAL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; HILLSLOPE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; SOIL EROSION; TERRACE;

ICA; PERU; PISCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 69649089776     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25475A.1     Document Type: Article

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