Development and Application of Modern Soil Erosion Prediction Technology: The USDA Experience

Eurasian Soil Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-540

  Lane, L J ^a   Renard, K G ^a   Foster, G R ^b   Laflen, J M ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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