Soil-geomorphic significance of land surface characteristics in an arid mountain range, Mojave Desert, USA

Catena

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 408-420

  Hirmas, Daniel R ^a   Graham, Robert C ^b   Kendrick, Katherine J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert geomorphology; Discriminant analysis; Eolian processes; Fry Mountains

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DUST; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAND SURFACE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PIEDMONT; PLAYA; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY; SALT; SOIL PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CALIFORNIA; MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860413740     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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