Groundwater sapping and valley development in the Hackness Hills, North Yorkshire, England

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 781-795

  Nash, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Groundwater sapping; Groundwater seepage; Hackness Hills; North Yorkshire; Valley development

Indexed keywords

EROSION PROCESSES; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; VALLEY DEVELOPMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE, HACKNESS HILLS;

EID: 0030461176     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199609)21:9<781::AID-ESP616>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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