Climate driven changes in river channel morphology and base level during the holocene and late pleistocene of southeastern west Virginia

Journal of Cave and Karst Studies

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-129

  Springer, Gregory S ^a   Rowe, Harold D ^d   Hardt, Ben ^b   Cocina, Frank G ^a,c   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b   Hai, Cheng ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c QinetiQ North America   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

APPALACHIANS; GREENBRIER RIVER; UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 74949125253     PISSN: 10906924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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