Gullying and the age of badlands: an application of the erosional susceptibility model Es

Functional geomorphology. Landform analysis and models

Auteurs :
DE PLOEY, J.
SCHMIDT, k.h.

Description :
In this paper Es is discussed for gullying and badland formation. Data from world literature have been collected and an Es-g table is presented from which interpolated values can be derived for prediction or postdiction. Applied to Mediterranean badlands the latter operation yields a minimal age between 2,700 and 40,000 years which dates badlands in this belt back eventually to Upper Pleistocene times. Therefore, this application of the Es model is offered as a contribution to the still ongoing discussion on the origin of badlands and their age.


Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Catena. Supplement (Giessen), issn : 0722-0723, 1992, n°. 23, p. 31-45, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 29 réf.

Date :
1992

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Cremlingen, Catena-Verlag Rohdenburg