Erosion control of arid land in Jordan with two anionic polyacrylamides

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-328

  Abu Zreig, Majed ^a   Al Sharif, Munjed ^a   Amayreh, Jumah ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arid land; Field plots; Natural rainfall; PAM; Runoff; Slope protection

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; EROSION CONTROL; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SLOPE;

EID: 34848833491     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324980701603557     Document Type: Article

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