Calcrete 'fossilisation' of alluvial fans in SE Spain: The roles of groundwater, pedogenic processes and fan dynamics in calcrete development

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 63-84

  Stokes, Martin ^a   Nash, David J ^b   Harvey, Adrian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fans; Calcrete; Carbonate soils; Groundwater

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CALCRETE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FOSSILIZATION; GROUNDWATER; PEDOGENESIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33847021391     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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