Landscape evolution in the Tacchi area (Central-East Sardinia, Italy) based on karst and fluvial morphology and age of cave sediments

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-127

  De Waele, Jo ^a   Ferrarese, Francesco ^b   Granger, Darryl ^c   Sauro, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic burial dating; Italy; Knickpoint retreat; Plio Quaternary; River capture; River erosion; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BASEMENT ROCK; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CAVE DEPOSIT; DATING METHOD; DOLOMITE; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; JURASSIC; KARST; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; PHYLLITE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 84873304689     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2012.35.11     Document Type: Article

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