The construction of a palaeodischarge time series for use in a study of fluvial system development of the Middle to Late Pleistocene Upper Thames

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-460

  Stemerdink, Chris ^a   Maddy, Darrel ^b   Bridgland, David R ^c   Veldkamp, Antonie ^d  

^a HELLENIC AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Introduction; Modelling; Palaeodischarge; Terraces; Thames

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISCHARGE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; RUNOFF; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TERRACE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ENGLAND; THAMES VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955635205     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1375     Document Type: Article

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