Late Quaternary alluvial history of the middle Owl Creek drainage basin in central Texas: A record of geomorphic response to environmental change

Quaternary International

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-41

  Meier, Holly A ^a   Nordt, Lee C ^a   Forman, Steven L ^b   Driese, Steven G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; QUATERNARY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRAZOS RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84881542451     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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