Early investment in soil conservation research continues to provide dividends

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1595-1601

  Gilley, John E ^a   Flanagan, Dennis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Erosion control; Erosion models; Experiment stations; Hydrology; Runoff; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; USLE; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

EROSION CONTROL; EROSION MODELS; EXPERIMENT STATIONS; SOIL EROSION;

EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROLOGY; MODEL TEST; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

EID: 36248979967     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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