Assessing soil redistribution in a complex karst catchment using fallout 137Cs and GIS

Geomorphology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-241

  Navas, A ^a   Lopez Vicente M ^a   Gaspar, L ^a   Machin J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

137Cs; DEM; Erosional and depositional landforms; GIS; Karst catchment; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EROSION RATE; FALLOUT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; INTERPOLATION; KARST; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; LAKE ESTANYA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84879781671     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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