Climatic and geomorphic interactions on alluvial fans in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Geomorphology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 184-196

  Haug, Erik W ^a   Kraal, Erin R ^a   Sewall, Jacob O ^a   Van Dijk, Maurits ^b   Diaz, Guillermo Chong ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Climate; Flooding; Hyper arid; Runoff; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM;

ANTOFAGASTA; ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; IQUIQUE; TARAPACA;

EID: 77954761258     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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