Climatic influences on Holocene variations in soil erosion rates on a small hill in the Mojave Desert

Geomorphology

Volumn 58, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 263-289

  Hunt, Allen G ^a   Wu, Joan Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Holocene; Mojave Desert; Monsoon; Soil erosion; WEPP (Water Erosion Prediction Project) model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; MONSOON; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHY;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542783441     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2003.07.016     Document Type: Article

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