Sediment delivery processes and the spatial distribution of caesium-137 in a small Sicilian Basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 701-711

  Ferro, Vito ^a,b   Di Stefano, Costanza ^b   Giordano, Giuseppe ^b   Rizzo, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137 SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT DELIVERY PROCESS;

CESIUM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CAESIUM-137; RUSLE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

ITALY, SICILY;

EID: 0032049502     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19980430)12:5<701::AID-HYP631>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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