Using a structural approach to identify relationships between soil and erosion in a semi-humid forested area, South India

Catena

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-329

  Barbiéro, Laurent ^a,b   Parate, Harshad R ^b   Descloitres, Marc ^b,c   Bost, Adelphe ^b   Furian, Sônia ^b,d   Mohan Kumar, M S ^b   Kumar, C ^b   Braun, Jean Jacques ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromic Luvisol; Electromagnetic induction; Erosion; South India; Structural analysis; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; FOREST SOIL; GNEISS; RED SOIL; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL COVER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL SURVEY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THEMATIC MAPPING; VERTISOL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249912036     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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