Microbiotic crusts as biomarkers for surface stability and wetness duration in the Negev Desert

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1594-1604

  Kidron, Giora J ^a   Vonshak, Ahuva ^b   Abeliovich, Aharon ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Microbiotic crust; Moisture; Negev Desert; Sand dune; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CHANGE; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; DATA POINTS; DUNE FIELDS; MICROBIOTIC CRUST; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NEGEV DESERT; SAND DUNE; SURFACE STABILITY; SURFACE WETNESS; WETNESS DURATION; WIND EROSION; WIND EROSIONS;

ARID REGIONS; BIOMARKERS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLAY MINERALS; EROSION; LANDFORMS; OCEAN HABITATS; PORPHYRINS; STABILITY;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

BIOMARKER; DEPOSITION; DUNE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEMIARID REGION; WIND EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 70349850776     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1843     Document Type: Article

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