The enrichment of137Cs in the soil loss from small agricultural watersheds

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 479-484

  Weigand, Stephan ^a   Schimmack, Wolfgang ^b   Auerswald, Karl ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Cesium 137; Enrichment; Phosphorus; Soil loss; Tracer; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000180674     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.1998.3581610414     Document Type: Article

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