Local Buffers to the Sediment Cascade: Debris Cones and Alluvial Fans

Sediment Cascades: An Integrated Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 153-180

  Harvey, Adrian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Climate controls; Debris cone; Landforms; Sediment pathway; Sediment storage zone; Tectonic controls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855350006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470682876.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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