Fine-earth translocation by tillage in stony soils in the Guadalentin, south-east Spain: An investigation using caesium-134

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 279-301

  Quine, Timothy A ^a   Govers, Gerard ^b   Poesen, Jean ^b   Walling, Des ^a   Van Wesemael, Bas ^c   Martinez Fernandez, Jose ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caesium 134; Soil detachment; Soil transport; Tillage erosion; Tillage translocation; Tracers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032831868     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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