Abrupt watercourse formation in a semiarid sedimentary landscape of central Argentina: The roles of forest clearing, rainfall variability and seismic activity

Ecohydrology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 794-805

  Contreras, S ^a,b   Santoni, C S ^b   Jobbagy E G ^b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture expansion; Climate variability; Drainage density; Dryland salinity; Piping; Recharge; Sapping; Vadose soil profiling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE EXPANSION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DRAINAGE DENSITY; DRYLAND SALINITY; PIPING; RECHARGE; SAPPING; VADOSE SOIL PROFILING;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION; GROUNDWATER; SALTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER SUPPLY;

EARTHQUAKES;

CANYON; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; DRAINAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOREST CLEARANCE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; LANDSCAPE; PIPING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEISMICITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; VADOSE ZONE;

DEFORESTATION; DENSITY; DRAINAGE; GROUND WATER; INORGANIC SALTS; PIPING; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 84885848510     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.1302     Document Type: Article

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