Soil erosion and deposition rates in a cultivated catchment area in central Greece, estimated using the 137Cs technique

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 153-162

  Theocharopoulos, S P ^a   Florou, H ^b   Walling, D E ^c   Kalantzakos, H ^a   Christou, M ^a   Tountas, P ^a   Nikolaou, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment erosion; Cs 137 erosion studies; Erosion rates

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; MONITORING; SOIL EROSION;

GREECE;

EID: 0037321688     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00136-8     Document Type: Article

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