Climatic controls on late Pleistocene alluvial fans, Cyprus

Geomorphology

Volumn 115, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 228-251

  Waters, J V ^a   Jones, S J ^a   Armstrong, H A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Cyprus; Depressions; Pleistocene; Precession minima; Sapropels

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAPROPEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; SPELEOTHEM; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CYPRUS; ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL]; SOREQ CAVE;

EID: 75849158730     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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