Geomorphological response of fluvial and coastal terraces to Quaternary tectonics and climate as revealed by geostatistical topographic analysis

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1193-1208

  Troiani, Francesco ^a   Della Seta, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic foothills; Central italy; Geostatistics; Morphotectonics; River terraces

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; CENTRAL ITALY; GEO-STATISTICS; MORPHOTECTONICS; RIVER TERRACES;

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; TECTONICS;

LANDFORMS;

AGGRADATION; CATCHMENT; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GEOSTATISTICS; QUATERNARY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY;

ITALY;

EID: 80054963208     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2145     Document Type: Article

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