An experimental investigation of autogenic behaviour during alluvial fan evolution

Geomorphology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Clarke, Lucy ^a   Quine, Timothy A ^a   Nicholas, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autogenic; Experimental; Fan evolution; Fluvial fans; Surface processes

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL FAN; AVULSION; CHANNEL FLOW; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHEET FLOW;

EID: 75849155280     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.06.033     Document Type: Article

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