Caesium-137 as a soil erosion tracer: A review

Geochronometria

Volumn 25, Issue , 2006, Pages 37-46

  Poreba, Grzegorz J ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

137 Cs; Mathematical models; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749133611     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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