Use of radioactive fallout cesium-137 to estimate soil erosion on three farms in west central Ohio

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Bajracharya, Roshan M ^a   Lal, Rattan ^a   Kimble, John M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arable land; Erosion phase; Erosion prediction; RUSLE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031898142     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199802000-00007     Document Type: Article

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