Relating caesium-137 and soil loss from cultivated land

Catena

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-326

  Porto, P ^a,b   Walling, D E ^a   Tamburino, V ^b   Callegari, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Conversion models; Erosion plots; Particle size; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; FALLOUT; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1542680977     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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