Surface mosaic map unit development for a desert pavement surface

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-317

  Wood, Yvonne A ^a   Graham, Robert C ^a   Wells, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clast Cover; Ecological patchiness; Grain size; Median diameter; Sorting; Spatial heterogeneity; Stone mantle; Surficial mapping

Indexed keywords

CLAST; DESERT; MAPPING; SOIL SURFACE;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036857528     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.2002.1006     Document Type: Article

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