Use of caesium-137 data for validation of spatially distributed erosion models: The implications of tillage erosion

Catena

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 415-430

  Quine, Timothy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Model validation; Soil erosion; Tillage erosion; Tillage translocation; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION; MODEL VALIDATION; TILLAGE;

EID: 0032695687     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(99)00030-2     Document Type: Article

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