Hydrology and erodibility of the soils and saprolite cover of the Swaziland Middleveld

Soil Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-262

  Scholten, T ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erodibility; Hydrology; Saprolite; Soil saprolite complex; Structural stability; Swaziland

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILIUTY; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SAPROLITE; SOIL EROSION; WEATHERING;

SWAZILAND, MIDDLEVELD;

EID: 0031256105     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(97)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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