Runoff, sediment yield and erodibility characteristics of some soils of central eastern Nigeria under simulated rainfall

International Agrophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-65

  Igwe, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Rainfall simulation; Runoff; Sediment yield; Soil management

Indexed keywords

ERODIBILITY; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TEXTURE;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0034040605     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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