Fossil megafans evidenced by remote sensing in the Amazonian wetlands

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-161

  Rossetti, Dilce F ^a   Zani, Hiran ^a   Cremon, Edipo H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian lowland; Late Quaternary; megafan; palaeomorphology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84973467748     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2013/0118     Document Type: Article

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