Geophysical prospection on Late Quaternary sediments in the Gállego Valley, Central Spanish Pyrenees

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-62

  Hirsch, Florian ^a   Raab, Thomas ^a  

^a BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity tomography; Late Quaternary sediments; Shallow seismic refraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976253013     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2014/S-00165     Document Type: Article

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