A review of soil erosion potential associated with biomass crops

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-359

  Kort, John ^a   Collins, Michael ^b   Ditsch, David ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS CROP; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; INFILTRATION; NUTRIENT; PLANTATION; SOIL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COSTS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EROSION; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFILTRATION; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SNOW; SOIL MECHANICS;

TILLAGE MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS CROP; ERODIBILITY; SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

USA;

EID: 0031867501     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(97)10071-X     Document Type: Article

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