Hillslope soil erosion estimated from aerosol concentrations, North Halawa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii

Geomorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 67-79

  Hill, Barry R ^a   Fuller, Christopher C ^b   DeCarlo, Eric H ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Denudation; Hillslope erosion; Sediment "fingerprints"; Sediment sources; Tropical geomorphology

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DENUDATION; FINGERPRINTING; HILLSLOPE EROSION; SOIL EROSION; TROPICAL GEOMORPHOLOGY;

USA, HAWAII, OAHU, HALAWA VALLEY;

EID: 0031408502     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(96)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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