Holocene flooding history of the Lower Tagus Valley (Portugal)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1222-1238

  Vis, Geert Jan ^a,b   Bohncke, Sjoerd J P ^a   Schneider, Heike ^c   Kasse, Cornelis ^a   Coenraads Nederveen, Sander ^a   Zuurbier, Koen ^a   Rozema, Jouke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floodplain; Fluvial dynamics; Fluvial geomorphology; Palaeofloods; Palynology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; OVERBANK FLOW; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

TAGUS VALLEY;

EID: 78649624133     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1401     Document Type: Article

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