Relationships between permeability and erodibility of cultivated Acrisols and Cambisols in subtropical China

Pedosphere

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-311

  Yu, Dong Sheng ^a   Shi, Xue Zheng ^a   Weindorf, D C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil erodibility; Soil saturated permeability; Subtropical China; Upland

Indexed keywords

ACRISOL; CAMBISOL; ERODIBILITY; HILL; PERMEABILITY; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TYPE; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745157213     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60056-8     Document Type: Article

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