Using fallout lead-210 measurements to estimate soil erosion in three small catchments in Southern Italy

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 657-667

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c   Catona, Francesco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; Fallout radionuclides; Italy; Sediment yield; Soil erosion rates

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION RATE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL EROSION;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845956577     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-006-9050-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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