Assessing soil erosion in a Pyrenean mountain catchment using GIS and fallout 137Cs

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 493-506

  Navas, A ^a   Machin J ^a   Soto, J ^b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

137Cs; Arag n; Automated land evaluation; Central Pyrenees; Erosion; GIS; MicroLEIS; Mountain catchment; Spain

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; GIS; LAND EVALUATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

ARAGON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 11844303477     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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