Gravel dispersion on a granite pediment (East Mojave Desert, California): A short-term look at erosional processes

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-359

  Edinger Marshall, S B ^a   Lund, L J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert soils; Erosion; Granite pediment; Mojave Desert; Painted particles

Indexed keywords

DESERT SOIL; DISPERSION; EROSION; GRANITE; GRAVEL; PEDIMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032791622     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199904)24:4<349::AID-ESP971>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Baker, V. R. 1988. 'Geological fluvial geomorphology', Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100, 1157-1167.
2. 59Fe for tracing soil particle movement, Part I', Journal of Soil Science, 19, 311-324.
3. 59Fe for tracing soil particle movement, Part II', 19, 325-341.
4. Edinger, S. B. 1990. Polygenesis and calcite micromorphology of aridisols on a granitic pediment, east Mojave Desert, California, PhD Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, 165 pp.
5. Keller, E. A. 1970. 'Bedload movement experiments, Dry Creek, California'. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 40, 1339-1344.
6. Leopold, L. B., Emmelt, W. W. and Myrick, R. M. 1966. Channel and hillslope processes in a semi-arid area. New Mexico, US Geological Survey, Professional Paper 352-G.
7. Parsons, A. J., Abrahams, A. D. and Simanton, J. R. 1992. 'Microtopography and soil-surface materials on semi-arid piedmont hillslopes, southern Arizona', Journal of Arid Environments, 22, 107-115.
8. Reid, I. and Frostick, L. E. 1985. 'Arid zone slopes and their archeological materials', in Pitty, A. F. (Ed.), Themes in Geomorphology, Croom Helm, London, 141-151.
9. Rostagno, C. M. and del Valle, H. F. 1988. 'Mounds associated with shrubs in aridic soils of northeastern Patagonia: characteristics and probable genesis', Catena, 15, 347-359.
10. SAS Institute Inc. 1989. SAS/STAT Version 6, 4th edn, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA.
11. Wright, A. C. 1987. 'A model of the redistribution of disaggregated soil particles by rainsplash', Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 12, 583-596.