The use of caesium-137 to assess surface soil erosion status in a water-supply catchment in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-84

  Krause, Andrew K ^a   Loughran, Robert J ^a   Kalma, Jetse D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Hillslopes; Reduced Major Axis (RMA) analysis; Sediment tracing; Soil erosion; SOILOSS

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0037351930     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8470.00193     Document Type: Article

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