Using unsupported lead-210 measurements to investigate soil erosion and sediment delivery in a small Zambian catchment

Geomorphology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 193-213

  Walling, D E ^a   Collins, A L ^a   Sichingabula, H M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

137Cs; Sediment delivery; Soil erosion; Soil redistribution rates; Unsupported 210Pb; Zambia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

KALEYA BASIN; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0038383037     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(02)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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