Using polyacrylamide to control erosion on agricultural and disturbed soils in rainfed areas

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 301-311

  Flanagan, D C ^a   Norton, L D ^a   Peterson, J R ^b,c   Chaudhari, K ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^d BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

PAM; Polyacrylamide; Soil amendments; Soil erosion control

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EROSION CONTROL; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RAINFALL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242659125     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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