Geomorphic response and 14C chronology of base-level changes induced by Late Quaternary Caspian Sea mobility (middle Kura Valley, Azerbaijan)

Geomorphology

Volumn 230, Issue , 2015, Pages 109-124

  Ollivier, V ^a,b   Fontugne, M ^c   Lyonnet, B ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Caspian Sea level variation; Kura hydrosystem; Landscape changes; Late Quaternary; Lesser Caucasus; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; EUSTACY; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOBILITY; MORPHODYNAMICS; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TRIBUTARY;

AZERBAIJAN; CASPIAN SEA;

EID: 84916897277     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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