Assessment of some spatial and temporal issues in landslide initiation within the Río Aguas Catchment, South-East Spain

Landslides

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-192

  Griffiths, J S ^a   Hart, A B ^b   Mather, A E ^a   Stokes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Co Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape evolution; Landslides; River capture; South east Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744452233     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-005-0004-1     Document Type: Review

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