Reorganization of a deeply incised drainage: Role of deformation, sedimentation and groundwater flow

Basin Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 631-651

  Brocard, Gilles ^a   Teyssier, Christian ^b   Dunlap, Walker James ^b   Authemayou, Christine ^c   Simon Labric, Thibaud ^a   Cacao Chiquín, Eric Noé ^d   Gutiérrez Orrego, Axel ^d   Morán Ical, Sergio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d Centro Universitario del Noreste   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INCISED VALLEY; MIOCENE; PERMEABILITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTATION; STRAIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRANSPRESSION; UPLIFT;

GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 80053564701     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2011.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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