Extreme heating events and effects in the natural environment: Implications for environmental geomorphology

Geomorphology

Volumn 139-140, Issue , 2012, Pages 348-359

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Krinsley, David ^b  

^a Quaternary Surveys   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic; Fired sediments; Lightning volcanic induced firing events; Time stratigraphic markers

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CELLULOSE; COSMIC RAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; EXTREME EVENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEATING; LIGHTNING; PLAGIOCLASE; QUARTZ; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION COVER; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ALPS; ANDES; CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

PINUS RESINOSA;

EID: 84856003846     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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