River incision and terrace formation in the Late Cenozoic of Europe

PL Gibbard, J Lewin - Tectonophysics, 2009 - Elsevier
Late Cenozoic environmental changes which affected European rivers are reviewed,
focusing especially on those of mid-Pleistocene times (c. 1.2–0.8 Ma or around MIS 22) and …

River terrace systems in north-west Europe: an archive of environmental change, uplift and early human occupation

DR Bridgland - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Staircases of large-scale aggradational river terraces are a notable feature of many valleys
in the temperate lattitudes, particularly in areas beyond the reach of the erosive activities of …

The Quaternary Channel River: seismic stratigraphy of its palaeo‐valleys and deeps

G Lericolais, JP Auffret… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Based on the interpretation of geophysical data (very high resolution seismic data combined
with EM1000 swath bathymetry), this paper reviews the history of the Channel River …

Terrace styles and timing of terrace formation in the Weser and Leine valleys, northern Germany: Response of a fluvial system to climate change and glaciation

J Winsemann, J Lang, J Roskosch, U Polom… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
In glaciated continental basins accommodation space is not only controlled by tectonics and
sea-level but also by the position of ice-sheets, which may act as a regional base-level for …

Key late cenozoic fluvial archives of eastern Europe: the Dniester, Dnieper, Don and Volga

AV Matoshko, PF Gozhik, G Danukalova - Proceedings of the Geologists' …, 2004 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the occurrence, structure, stratigraphy and development of the principal
deposits of the Rivers Dniester, Dnieper, Don and Volga. Such archives occur as alluvial …

The evolution of the River Medway, SE England, in the context of Quaternary palaeoclimate and the Palaeolithic occupation of NW Europe

DR Bridgland - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2003 - Elsevier
The Medway is a river of considerable antiquity that has had an important role within the
evolution of drainage in southeast England. Its upper catchment has expanded during the …

The Pleistocene rivers of the English Channel region

P Antoine, JP Coutard, P Gibbard… - … : Published for the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Pleistocene history of river systems that enter the English Channel from northern France
and southern England is reviewed. During periods of low sea‐level (cold stages) these …

Geomorphological consequences of weak lower continental crust, and its significance for studies of uplift, landscape evolution, and the interpretation of river terrace …

R Westaway - Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 2002 - cambridge.org
Effects of flow in the lower continental crust have often been ignored in the
geomorphological literature on the growth of topography during the Quaternary. However …

Fluvial incision and channel downcutting as a response to Late‐glacial and Early Holocene climate change: the lower reach of the River Meuse (Maas), The …

LA Tebbens, A Veldkamp, W Westerhoff… - … : Published for the …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed fieldwork and new extensive 14C dating of residual channel infillings provide data
for the reconstruction of the Late‐glacial channel downcutting and incision history of the …

Crustal uplift in southern England: evidence from the river terrace records

D Maddy, DR Bridgland, CP Green - Geomorphology, 2000 - Elsevier
Much of the past work on the Quaternary rivers of northwest Europe has been concerned
with river terraces, which characterise almost every valley. While these terraces are …