Spatial distribution of rock fragments in dolines: A case study in a semiarid Mediterranean mountain-range (Sierra de Gádor, SE Spain)

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 366-374

  Li, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Contreras, Sergio ^b   Solé Benet, Albert ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doline; Mediterranean; Rock fragments; SE Spain; Topographic positions

Indexed keywords

DOLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FLOW; KARST; LIMESTONE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA DE GADOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34249780838     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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