Generation, transport and preservation of armoured mudballs in an ephemeral gully system

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 104-119

  Mather, Anne ^a   Stokes, Martin ^a   Pirrie, Duncan ^b   Hartley, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability tests; Arid climate; Armoured mudballs; Fluvial sedimentology; Gully processes

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; DEPOSITION; EPHEMERAL STREAM; GULLY; PRESERVATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 48649110362     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.10.030     Document Type: Article

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