Geomorphic agents versus vegetation spreading as causes of badland occurrence in a Mediterranean subhumid mountainous area

Catena

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-187

  Regüés, David ^a   Guàrdia, Roser ^b   Gallart, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badlands; Badlands vegetation; Climatic controls; Congelifraction; Mediterranean region; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER; WEATHERING;

SPAIN;

EID: 0342265089     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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