Differential impact of small-scaled tectonic movements on fluvial morphology and sedimentology (the Huang Shui catchment, NE Tibet Plateau)

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 171-185

  Vandenberghe, J ^a,b   Wang, X ^b   Lu, H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation terrace; Erosion terrace; Fluvial deposits; Fluvial incision; Tectonic geomorphology; Terrace staircase

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRAGMENTATION; GEOACCUMULATION; PENEPLAIN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 80053051103     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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