A mid to late Holocene history of floodplain and terrace reworking along the middle Delaware River valley, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 169-170, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-141

  Stinchcomb, Gary E ^a   Driese, Steven G ^a   Nordt, Lee C ^a   Allen, Peter M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial stratigraphy; Avulsion; Buried soils; Climate; Holocene; Incision

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; BRAIDED RIVER; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE;

DELAWARE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865305525     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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