A systematic overview of the coincidences of river sinuosity changes and tectonically active structures in the Pannonian Basin

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 98-99, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-121

  Petrovszki, Judit ^a,c   Székely, Balázs ^a,b   Timár, Gábor ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Classification; Neotectonics; Pannonian Basin; Rivers; Sinuosity

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ACTIVE STRUCTURES; ALLUVIAL RIVER; CARPATHIANS; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; DINARIDES; FAULT LINE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES; MILITARY SURVEY; NEOTECTONICS; PANNONIAN BASIN; PLANFORM; RIVER PATTERN; RIVER REGULATION; RIVER SECTION; SECTION SIZE; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SINUOSITY; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS; VALLEY SLOPES; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); FAULTING; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOLOGY; SURVEYS;

RIVERS;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DISCHARGE; FAULT; GEODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER BASIN; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ALPS; PANNONIAN BASIN;

EID: 84866527077     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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