Rapid incision of a small, coarse and steep fan-delta in response to base-level fall: The case of Nahal Qedem, the Dead Sea, Israel

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-480

  Storz Peretz, Yael ^a   Bowman, Dan ^a   Laronne, Jonathan B ^a   Svoray, Tal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Armour; Base level; Dead Sea; DEM; Drainage evolution; Fan delta; Incision

Indexed keywords

ARMOUR; BASE-LEVEL; DEAD SEA; DEM; INCISION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; ARMOR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DRAINAGE; DROPS; LAKES; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SURVEYING;

CATCHMENTS;

ALGORITHM; DEPOSITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE BASIN; EROSION; FACIES; FAN DELTA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKE LEVEL;

DEAD SEA; ISRAEL;

EID: 79952522013     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2066     Document Type: Article

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