Late Pleistocene-Holocene river dynamics at the Trent-Soar confluence, England, UK

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-249

  Brown, Antony G ^a   Toms, Phillip S ^b   Carey, Chris J ^c   Howard, Andy J ^c   Challis, Keith ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avulsion; Floodplain formation; Fluvial evolution; Incision; Meandering

Indexed keywords

AVULSION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL EVOLUTION; INCISION; MEANDERING;

OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; WEAVING;

RIVERS;

AVULSION; BASIN FILL; BOREHOLE LOGGING; BRAIDED RIVER; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFLUENCE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LATE GLACIAL; LIDAR; MEANDER; MODEL TEST; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER TERRACE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIMESCALE;

ENGLAND; LEICESTERSHIRE; SOAR RIVER; TRENT RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84874669055     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3270     Document Type: Article

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