Effect of precipitation on the geological development of badlands in arid regions

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-229

  Imumorin, Peter ^a   Azam, Shahid ^b  

^a SaskEnergy TransGas SaskEnergy Place   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avonlea; Badlands; Climate; Consistency limit; Desiccation; Slopes

Indexed keywords

AVONLEA; BADLANDS; CLIMATE; CONSISTENCY LIMIT; DESICCATION; SLOPES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARID REGIONS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); SANDSTONE; SOILS;

LANDFORMS;

ARID REGION; BADLANDS; DESICCATION; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MUDSTONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SANDSTONE; SLOPE DYNAMICS;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 79955471233     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0300-4     Document Type: Article

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