Erosion of a tectonically uplifting coastal landscape, NE Sicily, Italy

Geomorphology

Volumn 171-172, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-126

  Goswami, R ^a   Brocklehurst, S H ^a   Mitchell, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bedrock erodibility; Channel concavity; Channel steepness; Channel width; Sicily; Uplift rate

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL LANDFORM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION; MORPHOMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPLIFT;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865553785     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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