Geomorphological Analysis of Piedmont Landforms in the Tunisian Southern Atlas Using Ground Data and Satellite Imagery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5291855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kevin White (0000-0002-4328-8185, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 157 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 279 |
| Publication date | 1991-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/635502 |
| OpenAlex | W2061623896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
THE PIEDMONT ZONE is characterized by the juxtaposition of upland and lowland and by the existence of a slope between the two (Denny, 1967). In arid areas the piedmont zone contains a variety of erosional and aggradational landforms. Erosional piedmonts, or pediments (Oberlander, 1989) are represented in south-central Tunisia by a series of nested erosion surfaces (Fig. 1A), known as glacis d'erosion (Coque, 1962: 247). Aggradational piedmonts are characterized by alluvial fans, linked to the drainage basins by trunk streams which are commonly entrenched into the fan surface at the fanhead
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |