An uplift history of Crete, Greece, from inverse modeling of longitudinal river profiles

Geomorphology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-188

  Roberts, G G ^a   White, N J ^a   Shaw, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Crete; Greece; Longitudinal river profile; Pliocene; Uplift history

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EROSION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SMOOTHING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CRETE [GREECE]; GREECE;

EID: 84882828099     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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