Characteristics of stone covers on the surface of basalt flows in arid, northeast Jordan

Geomorphology

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 263-280

  Higgitt, David L ^a   Allison, Robert J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basalt flows; Northeast Jordan; Stone covers

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; BASALT; DESERT SOIL; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGY; SURFACE LAYER;

JORDAN;

EID: 0032729410     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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