210Pbex depth distribution in soil and calibration models for assessment of soil erosion rates from 210Pbex measurements

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 813-818

  Zhang, Xinbao ^a,b   Walling, D E ^c   Feng, Mingyi ^a   Wen, Anhang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

210Pbex; Soil erosion; Steady state

Indexed keywords

EID: 30944435696     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wd0460     Document Type: Article

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