Fluvial response to climatic and anthropogenic forcing in the Moselle drainage basin (NE France) during historical periods: Evidence from OSL dating

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1167-1175

  Cordier, Stéphane ^a,b   Lauer, Tobias ^b,c   Harmand, Dominique ^d   Frechen, Manfred ^b   Brkojewitch, Gaël ^e  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^e Pôle Archéologie Préventive de Metz Métropole ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fluvial dynamics; Little Ice Age; Moselle; OSL dating; Roman period

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DYNAMICS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOSELLE; OSL DATING; ROMAN PERIOD;

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LUMINESCENCE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENTS;

AGGRADATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; ROMAN ERA; TIMESCALE;

MOSELLE BASIN;

EID: 84865967134     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3236     Document Type: Article

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