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The eleven papers which comprise this volume have been arranged in
relation to spatial and temporal scales. The first four papers all
deal with erosion and sediment transport in badland
catchments. Romero-Diaz et al. and Bryan et al. consider relatively
short-term erosion rates and processes in southeast Spain and in
Canada and Kenya respectively. Clotet-Perernau et al. working in the
Spanish Pyrennees, compare short and medium-term timescales and
Gutierrez et al. consider the influence of piping on the morphological
development of badlands in the Ebro Basin of northern Spain. The next
two papers deal with geomorphic response to meteorological sequences,
Suwa & Okuda with process-seasonality in Japan and Gallart &
Clotet-Perernau with response to an extreme rain in the Spanish
Pyrennees. The following three papers all consider the relationships
between sediment source areas and depo-sitional sites. Ergenzinger
specifically considers temporal and spatial scales in sediment
production, transport and erosion rats in Calabria, Sorriso-Valvo,
also working in Calabria and Harvey working in southeast Spain both
deal with alluvial fans. Next Sancho et al. consider long-term slope
development in the Ebro basin and finally Conacher examines the
significance of short-term process measurements to the understanding
long-term landform development in Western Australia.
Several papers presented at the meeting are not included in this
volume and are being developed for publication elsewhere. These
include papers by GUPTA on channel morphology in India, Segura on
stepped channels in Spain and Bordas on Thermo-Luminescence dating of
soils in Spain.