Evolution of fluvial terraces in response to climate change and tectonic uplift during the Pleistocene: Evidence from Kamienica and Ochotnica River valleys (Polish Outer Carpathians)

Geomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-78

  Olszak, Janusz ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fluvial terraces; Outer Carpathians; Pleistocene; Poland

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PLEISTOCENE; TERRACE;

KAMIENICA VALLEY; MALOPOLSKIE; POLAND;

EID: 79953784378     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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