Holocene flooding and river development in a Mediterranean steepland catchment: The Anapodaris Gorge, south central Crete, Greece

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 35-52

  Macklin, M G ^a   Tooth, S ^a   Brewer, P A ^a   Noble, P L ^b   Duller, G A T ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Water   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crete; flooding; gorge development; Holocene climate change; steepland rivers

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GORGE; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 76749120942     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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