Variable rainfall intensity effects on carbon characteristics of eroded sediments from two coastal plain ultisols in Georgia

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 142-148

  Strickland, T C ^a   Truman, C C ^a   Frauenfeld, B ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon enrichment; Erosion; Rainfall simulation

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL EROSION; ULTISOL;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29844447195     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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