Extreme events controlling erosion and sediment transport in a semi-arid sub-Andean valley

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1365-1375

  Coppus, R ^a   Imeson, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Extreme events; Hail erosion; Hill slope channel linkages

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CATCHMENTS; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

STEEP SLOPES;

EROSION;

EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0036963674     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.435     Document Type: Article

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