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Badlands in the Tabernas Basin, Betic Chain
Calvo-Cases, Adolfo Harvey, Adrian M. Alexander, Roy Cantón, Yolanda Lázaro, Roberto Solé-Benet, Albert Puigdefábregas, Juan
Calvo-Cases, Adolfo
Harvey, Adrian M.
Alexander, Roy
Cantón, Yolanda
Lázaro, Roberto
Solé-Benet, Albert
Puigdefábregas, Juan
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2014-04-19
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Abstract
The complex badland landscape at Tabernas results from a combination of relief amplitude
generated by tectonic uplift since the Pliocene and reactivated several times during the
Pleistocene, the properties of the Tortonian sedimentary rocks and a predominantly arid
climate. The landscape is dominated by deep incision of the main river systems, which
continues in part of the headwater tributaries, and characterized by contrasting slope
morphologies and a variety of microecosystems. The Tabernas badlands exhibit a diversity of
landforms resulting from the combination of multi-age soil surface components that allow a
variety of processes to operate at different rates. These are dominated by rilling and shallow
mass movements on south-facing hillslopes. On old surfaces and north-facing hillslopes,
where biological components are present, overland flow with variable infiltration capacity
and low erosion rates prevail. Incision in the gully bottoms occurs in the most active areas.
Citation
Calvo-Cases, A., Harvey, A., Alexander, R., Cantón, Y., Lázaro, R., Solé-Benet, A., & Puigdefábregas, J. (2014). Badlands in the Tabernas Basin, Betic Chain. In F. Gutiérrez & M. Gutiérrez (Eds.), Landscapes and Landforms of Spain (pp. 197-211): Springer Netherlands.
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10.1007/978-94-017-8628-7_17
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978-94-017-8627-0
978-94-017-8628-7
978-94-017-8628-7