Geomorphological and sedimentological evidence for variations in Holocene flooding in Welsh river catchments

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 92-107

  Jones, A F ^a   Brewer, P A ^a   Macklin, M G ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

floodplain; geomorphology; Holocene; palaeoflood; sediment; Wales

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLOOD FREQUENCY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOFLOOD; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN;

EID: 76749108505     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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