The mechanism for the infiltration lowering on soils with litter coverage

Nihon Ringakkai Shi/Journal of the Japanese Forestry Society

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 302-310

  Onda, Y ^a   Yamamoto, T ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aichi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depositional curst; Erosion crust; Micromorphology; Rain impact crust; Skin seal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347649756     PISSN: 0021485X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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