Late Holocene sedimentary changes in floodplain and shelf environments of the Tagus River (Portugal)

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-217

  Vis, Geert Jan ^a   Kasse, Cornelis ^a   Kroon, Dick ^b   Jung, Simon ^b   Zuur, Heerko ^a   Prick, Alexander ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental shelf sedimentation; Floodplain sedimentation; Human impact; Land sea correlation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HOLOCENE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; TAGUS RIVER; TAGUS VALLEY;

EID: 77953720190     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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