Variable rainfall intensity and tillage effects on runoff, sediment, and carbon losses from a loamy sand under simulated rainfall

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1495-1502

  Truman, C C ^a   Strickland, T C ^a   Potter, T L ^a   Franklin, D H ^b   Bosch, D D ^a   Bednarz, C W ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COASTAL ZONES; CROPS; RUNOFF; SAND; SEDIMENTS;

CARBON LOSSES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; TILLAGE EFFECTS;

RAIN;

CARBON; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; COTTON; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LOAM SOIL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEORGIA; RAIN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 34548762033     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0018     Document Type: Article

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