The Icelandic 'Rofabard' soil erosion features

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-28

  Arnalds, Olafur ^a  

^a Agricultural Research Institute Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Aeolian processes; Desertification; Iceland; Rofabards; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ANDOSOL; DESERTIFICATION; EOLIAN PROCESS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SOIL EROSION;

ICELAND;

EID: 0034054424     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200001)25:1<17::AID-ESP33>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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