Badlands in marl lithologies: A field guide to soil dispersion, subsurface erosion and piping-origin gullies

Catena

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-53

  Faulkner, Hazel ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badlands; Dispersion; Gully; Marl; Piping

Indexed keywords

BADLANDS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISPERSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GULLY EROSION; INFILTRATION; LANDSCAPE; LITHOLOGY; MARL; PIPING; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; TRANSLOCATION; TUNNEL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84875864980     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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