Differences in hillslope runoff and sediment transport rates within two semi-arid catchments in southeast Spain

Geomorphology

Volumn 68, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 183-200

  Bracken, L J ^a   Kirkby, Mike J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hydrologically Similar Surfaces; Morphological Runoff Zone; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEMIARID REGION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 20044377798     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.11.013     Document Type: Article

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