The legacy of Pleistocene glaciation and the organization of lowland alluvial process domains in the Puget Sound region

Geomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 174-185

  Collins, Brian D ^a   Montgomery, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Concavity index; Disequilibrium; Fluvial geomorphology; Process domains; River longitudinal profile; River valley morphology

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; DISEQUILIBRIUM; EROSION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE; SLOPE;

PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 78650901007     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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