Calibrating storage tanks for soil erosion measurement from plots

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1151-1170

  Bagarello, Vincenzo ^a   Ferro, Vito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration curve; Plot measurements; Sediment concentration; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL EROSION; STORAGE TANK;

EID: 0032446866     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199812)23:13<1151::AID-ESP929>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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