Precipitation and dry-wet cycles influence on badland development in a semi-arid area of Basilicata region (Southern Italy);Influenza delle precipitazioni e dei cicli umido-secco sulla morfogenesi calanchiva in un'area semi-arida della basilicata (Italia meridionale)

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 7, 2005, Pages 281-289

  Piccarreta, Marco ^a   Capolongo, Domenico ^a   Bentivenga, Mario ^b   Pennetta, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Badlands; Basilicata; Dry wet cycles; Rainfall dynamics; Southern italy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845334969     PISSN: 03919838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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