Soil erodibility (K(m)) values for some Australian soils

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1045-1055

  Loch, R J ^a,b   Slater, B K ^a,c   Devoil, C ^a,d  

^a Queensland Dept of Nat Resources ^*  (Australia)

^b Landloch Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nomograph; USLE; Water stable size; Wet density

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031783450     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S97081     Document Type: Article

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