How do we identify big rivers? And how b
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Andrew D. Miall
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Article
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2006
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Elsevier Science
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English
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bBig riversQ are the trunk rivers that carry the water and sediment load from major orogens, or that drain large areas of a continent. Identifying such rivers in the ancient record is a challenge. Some guidance may be provided by tectonic setting and sedimentological evidence, including the scale of