Modelling the geomorphological impact of climatic variability and extreme events in a semi-arid environment

Geomorphology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-78

  Mulligan, Mark ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0032123546     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00101-3     Document Type: Article

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