Importance of surface sealing in the erosion of some soils from a Mediterranean climate

Geomorphology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-85

  Singer, Michael J ^a   Le Bissonnais, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Centre d'Orl?ans   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMIARID REGION; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE SEALING;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0032124417     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(97)00102-5     Document Type: Article

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