Application of 137cesium to estimate erosion rates for understanding soil carbon loss on long-term experiments at Pendleton, Oregon

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-81

  Ritchie, J C ^a   Rasmussen, P E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cesium; Agriculture; Carbon dioxide; Erosion; Oxidation; Plots; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034127452     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(200001/02)11:1<75::aid-ldr379>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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