Assessment of soil erosion on arable land using 137Cs measurements: A case study from Jaslovske Bohunice, Slovakia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 139-152

  Fulajtar, Emil ^a  

^a Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

137Cs method; Conversion models; Erosion rate; Soil erosion; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; MONITORING; SOIL EROSION;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0037322848     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00135-6     Document Type: Article

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