Deriving indicators of soil degradation from soil aggregation studies in southeastern Spain and southern France

Geomorphology

Volumn 23, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 307-321

  Cammeraat, L H ^a   Imeson, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL AGGREGATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; VEGETATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032100244     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(98)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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