Bedrock, soils, and hillslope hydrology in the Central Texas Hill Country, USA: Implications on environmental management in a carbonate-rock terrain

Environmental Geology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-618

  Woodruff Jr , C M ^a   Wilding, L P ^b  

^a Woodruff Geologic Consulting   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caliche; Regolith; Stepped landforms; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERALS; EARTH SCIENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; FABRICS; FORMING; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RUNOFF; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER; WEATHERING;

BIO-TURBATION; CENTRAL TEXAS; ENVIRONMENTAL BUFFERS; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; HILLSLOPE HYDROLOGY; HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES; LAND MANAGEMENTS; SOCIO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; STEEP SLOPES; WATER RETENTION; WEATHERING RATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BEDROCK; CALICHE; CARBONATE; CRETACEOUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGY; REGOLITH; RETENTION; TERRAIN; VADOSE ZONE;

HILL COUNTY [TEXAS]; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249149996     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-007-1011-4     Document Type: Article

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