Pattern and rate of erosion inferred from Inca agricultural terraces in arid southern Peru

Geomorphology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 13-25

  Londoño, Ana C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Drylands; Erosion; Inca; Landscape evolution; Peru

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; DRYLAND FARMING; EROSION RATE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; TERRACE;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44849126689     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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