The role of human interference on the channel shifting of the Karkheh River in the Lower Khuzestan plain (Mesopotamia, SW Iran)

Quaternary International

Volumn 251, Issue , 2012, Pages 52-63

  Heyvaert, Vanessa M A ^a   Walstra, Jan ^b   Verkinderen, Peter ^b,c   Weerts, Henk J T ^d   Ooghe, Bart ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo   (Egypt)

^d Cultural Heritage Agency   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; AVULSION; FIELD SURVEY; FLOODPLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; HOLOCENE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER FLOW; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENTATION;

IRAN; KARKHEH RIVER; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 84856350488     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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