Numerical modeling of fluvial strath-terrace formation in response to oscillating climate

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1131-1142

  Hancock, Gregory S ^a   Anderson, Robert S ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial features; Landscape evolution; Modeling; River terraces; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

LATERAL EROSION RATES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUATERNARY; RIVER TERRACE;

EID: 84874971015     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1131:nmofst>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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