RT Journal Article
T1 Dendrogeomorphology in badlands: Methods, case studies and prospects
A1 Ballesteros Cánovas, Juan Antonio
A1 Bodoque del Pozo, José María
A1 Lucía Vela, Ana
A1 Martín Duque, José Francisco
A1 Díez Herrero, Andrés
A1 Ruiz Villanueva, Virginia
A1 Rubiales Jiménez, Juan Manuel
A1 Génova Fúster, Mª del Mar
AB Soil and vegetation are interacting factors controlling erosion. Soil degradation processes may affect the normaltree and shrub development and inversely, vegetation can modulate the velocity and intensity of soil developmentor denudation. A dendrogeomorphological approach can be used to study these interactions, allowing toobtain a date and estimate mean or specific erosion rates. This is especially useful in an unrecorded badlandsand gullied environments,where the scarce vegetationmay be the only proxy available to quantify the differentgeomorphic processes which have occurred. This paper provides a fundamental review of thedendrogeomorphological methodology applied to erosion measurement in badlands. Focusing on the responseof the vegetation to the geomorphic processes, this paper: (a) describes themethodology developed to estimateerosion rates with exposed roots; (b) shows newadvances through case studies; and finally, (c) discusses futurelines of research to reduce methodological uncertainties and for making dendrogeomorphology more widelyapplicable.
PB Elsevier B.V.
SN 0341-8162
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43654
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43654
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 9 may 2024