Rates of soil erosion in Australia determined by the caesium-137 technique: A national reconnaissance survey

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 236, Issue , 1996, Pages 275-282

  Loughran, Robert J ^a   Elliott, Gregory L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM 137 TECHNIQUE; CORING; CROPPING; SOIL EROSION RATE;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAND USE; RAIN; SOILS; SURVEYING;

EROSION;

EID: 3743100462     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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