Sensitivity, persistence and resolution of the geomorphological record of valley-floor floods in an alpine glacier-fed catchment, Leirdalen, Jotunheimen, southern Norway

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 974-989

  McEwen, Lindsey J ^a   Matthews, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flood deposits; flood history; Holocene; landscape sensitivity; lichenometry; persistence; resolution; Schmidt hammer exposure age dating (SHD)

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CATCHMENT; CLAST; DISTURBANCE; FLOOD; FLOOD DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LICHENOMETRY; PALEOSOL; PERSISTENCE; RIVER CHANNEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIBUTARY;

JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY;

EID: 84879185814     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612475144     Document Type: Article

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