Episodic sediment delivery and landscape connectivity in the Mancos Shale badlands and Fremont River system, Utah, USA

Geomorphology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 242-251

  Godfrey, Andrew E ^a   Everitt, Benjamin L ^a   Duque, José F Martín ^b  

^a Complutense University ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arroyo cutting; Connectivity; Coupling; Erosion; Mancos Shale badlands; Mass movement

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MASS MOVEMENT; MEANDER; MUDFLOW; PEDIMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; TIMESCALE; WEATHERING;

FREMONT RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 54349119805     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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