A conceptual model of valley incision, planation and terrace formation during cold and arid permafrost conditions of Pleistocene southern England

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-394

  Murton, Julian B ^a   Belshaw, Roger K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brecciated bedrock; Gravel movement; Incision; Planation; Pleistocene permafrost; Stream gradient

Indexed keywords

BRECCIATED BEDROCK; INCISION; PLANATION; PLEISTOCENE; STREAM GRADIENT;

CLIMATE MODELS; DEBRIS; EROSION; GRAVEL; HYDRAULICS; PERMAFROST; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

LANDFORMS;

AGGRADATION; ARID REGION; BEDROCK; COLD REGION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FLOODPLAIN; HILLSLOPE; INCISED VALLEY; PERMAFROST; PLANATION; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; VALLEY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952363249     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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