Seasonal changes in the hydrological and erosional response of a hillslope under dry-Mediterranean climatic conditions (Montes de Málaga, South of Spain)

Geomorphology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Martinez Murillo J F ^a   Ruiz Sinoga, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active hydrodynamic season; Hydrological disconnections; Mediterranean eco geomorphological system; Sediment transport; Soil hydrophobicity; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROPHOBICITY; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MALAGA [ANDALUCIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34249285185     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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