Surface erosion assessment using 137Cs: Examples from New Zealand

Acta Geologica Hispanica

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 219-228

  Basher, L R ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Cropland; Erosion rates; Rangeland; Reference value; Soil redistribution; Water erosion; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

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

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034440192     PISSN: 05677505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Arnalds, O., Cutshall, N.H., Nielsen, G.A., 1989. Cesium-137 in Montana soils. Health Physics, 57, 955-958.
2. Basher, L.R,. Burgham, S.J., Shepherd, T.G., Webb, T.H., (in press). Assessment of wind erosion rates on the Canterbury and Manawatu plains, New Zealand, using caesium-137. Australian Journal of Soil Research.
3. Basher, L.R., Hicks, D.M., Handyside, B., Ross, C.W., 1997. Erosion and sediment transport from the market gardening lands at Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Hydrology (NZ), 26, 71-93.
4. 137Cs in some undisturbed New Zealand soils and rainfall. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 31, 655-63.
5. 137Cs distribution. Australian Journal of Soil Research, 33, 787-803.
6. Basher, L.R., Webb, T.H., 1997. Wind erosion rates on terraces in the Mackenzie Basin. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27, 499-512.