The role of the mineral component in surface stabilization processes of a disturbed desert sandy surface

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-306

  Yair, A ^a   Verrecchia, E ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biotic and mineral components; Crust recovery rate; Sandy desert areas; Surface stabilization; Topsoil crusts

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; MINERALS; RUNOFF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VEGETATION;

SURFACE STABILIZATION;

SAND;

CRUST; DESERT SOIL; MINERAL; SOIL STABILIZATION; TOPSOIL;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0036638326     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.507     Document Type: Article

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