River terraces as a response to climatic forcing: Formation processes, sedimentary characteristics and sites for human occupation

Quaternary International

Volumn 370, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-11

  Vandenberghe, Jef ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediments; Human settlements; River terrace; Terrace cyclicity; Terrace staircase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929949113     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.046     Document Type: Article

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