Soil management and production of Alfisols in the semi-arid tropics. I. Modelling the effects of soil management on runoff and erosion

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-102

  Littleboy, M ^a   Cogle, A L ^a   Smith, G D ^a   Yule, C D F ^a   Rao, K P C ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Curve number; Model; Runoff; Simulation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ALFISOL; MANAGEMENT; MODEL; RUNOFF; SEMIARID TROPICS; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TILLAGE; WATER BALANCE;

INDIA;

EID: 0029667130     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR9960091     Document Type: Article

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