Caesium-137-derived erosion rates in an agricultural setting: The effects of model assumptions and management practices

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1181-1189

  Fornes, William L ^a   Whiting, Peter J ^b   Wilson, Christopher G ^c   Matisoff, Gerald ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Erosion; Model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; SOIL EROSION RATES; SOIL FLUX MEASUREMENT;

EROSION;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 24944483846     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1269     Document Type: Article

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