Sedimentology and depositional architecture of tufas deposited in stepped fluvial systems of changing slope: Lessons from the quaternary añamaza valley (Iberian Range, Spain)

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 133-171

  Arenas, Concha ^a   Vázquez Urbez, Marta ^a   Pardo, Gonzalo ^a   Sancho, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial tufa depositional architecture; Hydrology and climate; Pleistocene and Holocene; River slope changes; Sedimentary facies models

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL PATTERN; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HOLOCENES; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SLOPE CHANGES; SEDIMENTARY FACIES MODELS; STABLE ISOTOPES; WARM CONDITIONS;

DAMS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TUFA;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84891373746     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12053     Document Type: Article

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