Processes of soil movement on steep cultivated hill slopes in the Venezuelan Andes

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 265-272

  Rymshaw, Ellen ^a   Walter, Michael F ^a   Van Wambeke, Armand ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Hill slope farming; Sediment traps; Soil flux; Subsistence farming; Tillage translocation; Venezuelan Andes

Indexed keywords

EROSION RATE; SLOPE FARMING; SOIL CONSERVATION; TILLAGE PRACTICES;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031583876     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00055-X     Document Type: Article

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