Assessment of erosion in the Boyer River watershed (Canada) using a GIS oriented sampling strategy and 137Cs measurements

Catena

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-249

  Mabit, Lionel ^a   Bernard, Claude ^a   Laverdière, Marc R ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; Erosion; GIS; Sampling strategy; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; EROSION RATE; FINFISH; GIS; LOAM; POPULATION DECLINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

BOYER BASIN; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

OSMERUS; OSMERUS MORDAX;

EID: 34548441534     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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