Gully-head erosion processes on a semi-arid valley floor in Kenya: A case study into temporal variation and sediment budgeting

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 911-933

  Oostwoud Wijdenes, D J ^a,c   Bryan, R ^b  

^a Wareco Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gully head; Kenya; Sediment budget; Semi arid tropics; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; EROSION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

SEDIMENT BUDGETING;

LANDFORMS;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; GULLY EROSION; MONITORING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEMIARID REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

KENYA;

EID: 0035418944     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.225     Document Type: Article

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