The dynamics of soil erosion in US agriculture

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-58

  Uri, Noel D ^a   Lewis, James A ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation policies; Land productivity; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; EROSION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032508237     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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