Caesium-137 dating applied to slackwater flood deposits of the Llobregat River, NE Spain

Catena

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-318

  Thorndycraft, V R ^a   Benito, G ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Sopena A ^c   Sanchez Moya Y ^c   Rico, M ^a   Casas, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Flood chronology; Mediterranean region; Palaeoflood hydrology; Slackwater flood deposits

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; FLOOD; PALEOFLOOD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CATALONIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 9944241872     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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