Fluvio-pedogenic processes in an ephemeral stream channel

Geomorphology

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 353-369

  Lekach, Judith ^a   Amit, Rivka ^b   Grodek, Tamir ^a   Schick, Asher P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; PEDOGENESIS;

ISRAEL, NEGEV DESERT;

EID: 0032100938     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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