Alluvial fan and wetland interactions: Evidence of seasonal slope wetlands from the Silurian of south central Wales, UK

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 831-853

  Hillier, Robert D ^a,d   Waters, Richard A ^a   Marriott, Susan B ^b   Davies, Jeremy R ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Foxes Walk   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Ferricrete; Redoximorphic; Silurian; Skolithos; Welsh Basin; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FANS; FERRICRETE; REDOXIMORPHIC; SILURIAN; SKOLITHOS; WELSH BASIN;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; SANDSTONE; SOILS;

WETLANDS;

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITION; FERRICRETE; FLOODPLAIN; PEDOGENESIS; SANDSTONE; SILURIAN; STREAMFLOW; VERTISOL; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN;

ARTHROPODA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 79956120286     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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