Quaternary river incision in NE Ardennes (Belgium)-Insights from 10Be/26Al dating of river terraces

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-284

  Rixhon, Gilles ^a,b   Braucher, Régis ^c   Bourlès, Didier ^c   Siame, Lionel ^c   Bovy, Benoît ^a,b   Demoulin, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c CEREGE   (France)

Author keywords

Ardennes massif; Cosmogenic nuclides; Geomorphology; Rhenish shield; River incision; River terrace dating

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; RIVER TERRACE;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; BELGIUM; MEUSE RIVER;

EID: 79952073446     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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