Chapter 2 Catchment dynamics in a Mediterranean mountain environment: the Vallcebre research basins (southeastern Pyrenees) II: Temporal and spatial dynamics of erosion and stream sediment transport

Developments in Earth Surface Processes

Volumn 7, Issue C, 2005, Pages 17-29

  Gallart, Francesc ^a   Balasch, J Carles ^b   Regüés, David ^c   Soler, Montse ^a   Castelltort, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

badlands erosion; Mediterranean region; sediment storage; sediment yield; spatial dynamics; temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956807208     PISSN: 09282025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-2025(05)80008-2     Document Type: Article

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