Erosion processes and landform evolution on agricultural land - New perspectives from caesium-137 measurements and topographic-based erosion modelling

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 799-816

  Quine, Timothy A ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a,b   Walling, Desmond E ^a   Zhang, Xinbao ^a,c   Desmet, Philippe J J ^b   Zhang, Yusheng ^a   Vandaele, Karel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Belgium; Caesium 137; China; Erosion modelling; Landform evolution; Loess Plateau; Soil erosion; Tillage erosion; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; EROSION MODELLING; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA, LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0031407407     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199709)22:9<799::aid-esp765>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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