A study of soil erosion on a steep cultivated slope in the Mt. Gongga region near Luding, Sichuan, China, using the 137Cs technique

Acta Geologica Hispanica

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 229-238

  Zhang, X B ^a   Quine, T A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Cultivated slope; Erosion rate; Upper Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EROSION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA;

EID: 0034439479     PISSN: 05677505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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