Validating the use of 137Cs measurements to estimate rates of soil redistribution by wind

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-464

  Van Pelt, R Scott ^a   Zobeck, Ted M ^a   Ritchie, Jerry C ^b   Gill, Thomas E ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

137Cs; Erosion rate models; Particle size correction; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTITIONING; SOIL SURFACE; STRATIFICATION; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EID: 34249822225     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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