Stratigraphic architecture and alluvial geoarchaeology of an ephemeral fluvial infilling: Climatic versus anthropogenic factors controlling the Holocene fluvial evolution in southeastern Spain drylands

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 272-279

  Garcia Garcia F ^a   Bohorquez, P ^a   Martinez Sanchez C ^b   Perez Valera F ^a   Perez Valera L A ^a   Calero, J A ^a   Sanchez Gomez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b ArqueoTec   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial geoarchaeology; Holocene climate; Mediterranean drylands; Palaeofloods

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAVE; DISCHARGE; DRYLAND FARMING; FLASH FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOFLOOD; PALEOHYDROLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEMIARID REGION;

SEGURA BASIN; SPAIN;

EID: 84873138634     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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