Origin and evolution of closed depressions in central Belgium, European loess belt

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 574-586

  Vanwalleghem, T ^a   Poesen, Jean ^a   Vitse, I ^a   Bork, H R ^b   Dotterweich, M ^b   Schmidtchen, G ^b   Deckers, J ^a   Lang, A ^c   Mauz, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Closed depression; Land use; Loess; Quarries

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MORPHOLOGY; QUARRIES; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLOSED DEPRESSIONS (CDS); CROPLAND; SEDIMENT DEPOSITS;

LANDFORMS;

CROPS; EROSION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MORPHOLOGY; QUARRIES; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY; LAND USE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LOESS; QUARRYING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SEDIMENTS; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 34247202690     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1416     Document Type: Article

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