Use of 137Cs for estimating soil erosion processes in a forested environment in Japan

Chikei

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-25

  Onda, Yuichi ^a   Takenaka, Chisato ^b   Furuta, Minoru ^c   Nonoda, Toshiro ^d   Hamajima, Yasunori ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d Mie Prefecture Forestry Res Inst   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; Hinoki plantation; Interrill erosion; Landslide recovery; Surface erosion

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTED CATCHMENT; INTERRILL EROSION; SOIL EROSION;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037221293     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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