Formation, infill, and dissection of a latest-Pleistocene landslide-dammed reservoir (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain): Upstream and downstream geomorphological and sedimentological evidence

Quaternary International

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-71

  García García, Fernando ^a   Sánchez Gómez, Mario ^a   Navarro, Vicente ^a   Pla, Sila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; DISSECTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; INFILL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; LAST GLACIATION; MASS MOVEMENT; MEANDER; RESERVOIR FLOODING; SEDIMENTATION; SILTATION;

BETIC CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

EID: 79851516190     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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