Causes, consequences and chronology of large-magnitude palaeoflows in Middle and Late Pleistocene river systems of northwest Europe

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1071-1094

  Westaway, Rob ^a,b   Bridgland, David R ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Drainage systems; Europe; Palaeoflow; Pleistocene; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMBINED EFFECT; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; EARTH SYSTEMS; FLOOD PEAK; HEINRICH EVENTS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SNOWMELT; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEINRICH EVENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAK FLOW; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER FLOW;

EUROPE;

EID: 77954545774     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1968     Document Type: Article

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