Sediment yields and soil loss rates from different land uses on Triassic shales in western Sydney, NSW

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-140

  Erskine, Wayne D ^a,b,c   Mahmoudzadeh, A ^e   Browning, C M ^d   Myers, C ^e  

^a State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Office of the Supervising Scientist   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Clay enrichment ratio; Phosphorus enrichment ratio; Soil formation rates

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CLAY; EROSION; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SHALE; SOIL EROSION;

EROSION; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037284527     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR01078     Document Type: Article

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