Combining allostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic perspectives to compile subregional records of fluvial responsiveness: The case of the sustainably entrenching Palancia River watershed (Mediterranean coast, NE Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 342-360

  Houben, Peter ^a   Hoinkis, Ralf ^a   Santisteban, Juan I ^b   Salat, Christina ^c   Mediavilla, Rosa ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allostratigraphy; Degradation; Fluvial geomorphology; Holocene; Mediterranean; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DEGRADATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 79955002996     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.02.030     Document Type: Article

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