Late Quaternary fluvial terrace evolution in the main southern Amazonian tributary

Catena

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-37

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Cohen, Marcelo C L ^b   Bertani, Thiago C ^a   Hayakawa, Ericson H ^c   Paz, Jackson D S ^d   Castro, Darcilea F ^a   Friaes, Yuri ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Fluvial terraces; Late Pleistocene Holocene; Madeira River; Tectono sedimentary evolution

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; DEPOSITION; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RIVER SYSTEM; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIBUTARY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84892451961     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.11.021     Document Type: Article

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