Towards a budget approach to Pleistocene terraces: preliminary studies using the River Exe in South West England, UK

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-281

  Brown, A G ^a   Basell, L S ^b   Toms, P S ^c   Scrivener, R C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Cascading systems; Palaeolithic archaeology; River terraces; Sediment budgets; Terrace staircases

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CATCHMENT; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; REWORKING; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; EXE RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 72049092273     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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