Surfaces of gullies generated by piping process in abandoned fields (south-east of Spain)

Abstract

The piping process have an important development in old agricultural terraced fields. The abandonment of these fields, together with the lithologies, hydraulic and climatic characteristics favour the quick development of pipes. Its subsequent evolution is the development of a landscape with gullies, with a deteriorated and non-recoverable space for agricultural use, in addition to constituting an important sediment source with elevated rates of erosion.