Some soil factors influencing accelerated water erosion of arable land

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-215

  Evans, R ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; PLANT DEBRIS; RAINFALL IMPACT; SEED BED; SOIL SURFACE; WATER EROSION;

EID: 0030480237     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339602000206     Document Type: Review

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