Quantitative study of piping processes in badland areas of the Ebro Basin, NE Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 237-253

  Gutierrez M ^a   Sancho, C ^a   Benito, G ^b   Sirvent, J ^a   Desir, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badland areas; Crack density; Ebro Basin; Piping processes; Sodium absorption ratio; Topographic gradient

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; CRACK DENSITY; PIPING; TOPOGRAPHY;

SPAIN, EBRO BASIN;

EID: 0031426275     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-555x(97)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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