Long-term soil redistribution in a small French watershed as estimated from cesium-137 data

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1178-1183

  Bernard, Claude ^a   Mabit, Lionel ^b   Wicherek, Stanislas ^b   Laverdière, Marc R ^c  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b Ctr de Biogeographie Ecologie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL MECHANICS; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

RUNOFF;

CESIUM 137; RAIN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EROSION; FRANCE; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0032169766     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1998.00472425002700050024x     Document Type: Article

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