Reconstructing the interacting effects of base level, climate, and tectonic uplift in the lower Miño River terrace record: A gradient modelling evaluation

Geomorphology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-118

  Viveen, W ^a,b   Schoorl, J M ^a   Veldkamp, A ^c   van Balen, R T ^d   Desprat, S ^e   Vidal Romani, J R ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

FLUVER2; Fluvial terrace; Incised valley; Quartzite weathering; River incision; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; CLIMATE EFFECT; INCISED VALLEY; RIVER EVOLUTION; RIVER TERRACE; TECTONICS; UPLIFT; WEATHERING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MINHO RIVER;

EID: 84873717168     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.026     Document Type: Article

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