Assessment of soil losses on cultivated land by using the 137Cs technique in the Upper Yangtze River Basin of China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-106

  Zhang, Xinbao ^a   Zhang, Yiyun ^b   Wen, Anbang ^a   Feng, Mingyi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; Erosion rate; Sloping cultivated land; The Upper Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CESIUM; MONITORING; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA;

EID: 0037322767     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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