The relative contribution of soil tillage and overland flow erosion to soil redistribution on agricultural land

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 929-946

  Govers, G ^a   Qline, T A ^b   Desmet, P J J ^a   Walling, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Soil degradation; Tillage; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; DEGRADATION; OVERLAND FLOW; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; TILLAGE; WATER EROSION;

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EID: 0030438786     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199610)21:10<929::AID-ESP631>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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