Dating fluvial processes from historical data and artifacts

Geographers have long used historical data and artifacts to reconstruct past landscapes. Many of the same data can provide powerful tools for dating stream processes over the past century or so but applications can range from months to millennia. Historical techniques are important not only to mains...

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Published in:Catena (Giessen) 1998, Vol.31 (4), p.283-304
Main Author: Trimble, Stanley W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archeology
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Fluvial geomorphology
Geomorphology, landform evolution
Historical data
Historical methods
Surficial geology
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Summary:Geographers have long used historical data and artifacts to reconstruct past landscapes. Many of the same data can provide powerful tools for dating stream processes over the past century or so but applications can range from months to millennia. Historical techniques are important not only to mainstream geomorphological investigations but also to fluvial applications in environmental management. The approach is useful for human-induced fluvial changes as well as for those occurring naturally. This paper is intended as an introduction to several of the primary techniques.
ISSN:0341-8162
1872-6887
DOI:10.1016/S0341-8162(97)00042-8