Use of 7Be and 137Cs measurements to document short- and medium-term rates of water-induced soil erosion on agricultural land

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3865-3874

  Walling, D E ^a   He, Q ^a   Blake, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 0033410224     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900242     Document Type: Article

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