Fluvial sequences as evidence for landscape and climatic evolution in the Late Cenozoic: A synthesis of data from IGCP 518

Global and Planetary Change - Tập 68 - Trang 237-253 - 2009
Rob Westaway1,2, David R. Bridgland3, Rajiv Sinha4, Tuncer Demir5
1Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, The Open University, Abbots Hill, Gateshead NE8 3DF, UK
2IRES, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
3Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
4Engineering Geosciences Group, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208018, India
5Department of Geography, Harran University, 63300 Şanlıurfa, Turkey

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