Tillage effects on soil surface conditions and dust emission by wind erosion in semiarid Aragon (NE Spain)

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-105

  Lopez M V ^a   Sabre, M ^a   Gracia, R ^b   Arrue J L ^b   Gomes, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chisel ploughing; Dry aggregate size distribution; Moulboard ploughing; Soil surface cover; Vertical dust flux

Indexed keywords

SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL SURFACE; TILLAGE; WIND EROSION;

EID: 0032507748     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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