Gully-head morphology and implications for gully development on abandoned fields in a semi-arid environment, Sierra de Gata, southeast Spain

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 585-603

  Oostwoud Wijdenes, Dirk J ^a   Poesen, Jean ^a   Vandekerckhove, Liesbeth ^a   Nachtergaele, Jeroen ^a   De Baerdemaeker, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gully development; Gully head morphology; Gully heads; Land abandonment; Sierra de Gata

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032747021     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199907)24:7<585::AID-ESP976>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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