From mass-wasting to slope stabilization - putting constrains on a tectonically induced transition in slope erosion mode: A case study in the Judea Hills, Israel

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 551-560

  Ryb, Uri ^a   Matmon, Ari ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b   Katz, Oded ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Calcrete; Carbonate terrains; Erosion mode; Hillslope transport; TT OSL

Indexed keywords

CALCRETES; HILLSLOPES; INDUCED TRANSITIONS; MARINE CARBONATE ROCK; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; SLOPE STABILIZATION; TT-OSL;

CLIMATOLOGY; EROSION; QUARTZ;

LANDSLIDES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CALCRETE; CARBONATE ROCK; CENOZOIC; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION; HILLSLOPE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MASS WASTING; PLEISTOCENE; SLOPE STABILIZATION; TERRAIN;

ISRAEL; JUDEA;

EID: 84876470025     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3291     Document Type: Article

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