Measuring medium-term sheet erosion in gullies from trees: A case study using dendrogeomorphological analysis of exposed pine roots in central Iberia

Geomorphology

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Bodoque, J M ^a   Lucia A ^b   Ballesteros, J A ^c   Martin Duque J F ^b   Rubiales, Juan M ^d   Genova, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d Technical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Hydrologic erosion response units; Pinus pinaster Ait.; Sheet wash erosion; Spanish Central System; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COMPLEXITY; EROSION RATE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; HYDROLOGY; PIEDMONT; ROOT; SHEET EROSION; SOIL EROSION;

GUADARRAMA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 80053053015     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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