Use of 137Cs technique for soil erosion study in the agricultural region of Casablanca in Morocco

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-26

  Nouira, A ^a   Sayouty, E H ^a   Benmansour, M ^b  

^a HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b Ctr Natl l'Ener Sci T   (Morocco)

Author keywords

137Cs; 137Cs calibration models; Agricultural field; Erosion; Morocco

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOIL DEGRADATION;

EROSION;

CESIUM 137;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ESTIMATION METHOD; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; MOROCCO; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TECHNIQUE;

AGRICULTURE; DEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL EROSION;

CASABLANCA; MOROCCO;

EID: 0037268020     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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