210Pb geochronology of flood events in large tropical river systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1966, 2012, Pages 2040-2074

  Aalto, Rolf ^a,b   Nittrouer, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Floodplain accretion; Geochronology; Sediment accumulation

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATES; BOLIVIA; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; LARGE RIVERS; MARINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL RIVERS;

LEAD;

EID: 84859919518     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0607     Document Type: Article

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