Intrinsic and extrinsic controls of spatial and temporal variations in modern fluvial tufa sedimentation: A thirteen-year record from a semi-arid environment

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 90-132

  Arenas, Concha ^a   Vázquez Urbez, Marta ^a   Auqué, Luis ^a   Sancho, Carlos ^a   Osácar, Cinta ^a   Pardo, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial tufa facies; Present hydrochemistry and deposition rate monitoring; Sedimentary processes; Semi arid climate; Spain

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL TUFA FACIES; HYDROCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; SPAIN; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPRINGS (WATER); THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TUFA;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; PIEDRAS RIVER; SPAIN;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84891373782     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12045     Document Type: Article

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