Estimates of soil erosion using cesium-137 tracer models

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 461-467

  Saç, Muslim M ^a   Ugur A ^a   Yener, G ^a   Ozden B ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cesium techniques; Erosion rate; USLE

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL SURVEYS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CESIUM-TRACER MODELS; EROSION RATE; PROFILE DISTRIBUTION MODEL (PDM); PROPORTIONAL MODEL (PM); SIMPLIFIED MASS BALANCE MODEL (SMBM);

SOILS;

CESIUM 137;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; MASS BALANCE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURVEY; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TURKEY;

EURASIA; MUGLA; TURKEY; YATAGAN;

EID: 36549090075     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9700-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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