Rainfall erosivity in Cape Verde

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Mannaerts, C M ^a   Gabriels, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Crop Protection   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cape Verde; Erosivity; Rainfall; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

CAPE VERDE; KINETIC ENERGY; RAIN; SEASONALITY; SOIL EROSION; STORM WATER; TROPICS;

ALGORITHM; EROSIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM;

CAPE VERDE;

EID: 0033926308     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00104-5     Document Type: Article

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