Use of 7Be to document soil erosion associated with a short period of extreme rainfall

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-49

  Sepulveda, A ^a   Schuller, P ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Castillo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; 7Be; Chile; Crop residue burning; Extreme rainfall; No till; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; EROSION; RADIOISOTOPES; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHILE; CROP RESIDUE BURNING; SOIL EROSION;

SOILS;

BERYLLIUM 7; RAIN; RUNOFF;

BERYLLIUM; BIOMASS BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP RESIDUE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HARVESTING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; TILLAGE;

BERYLLIUM; RAIN; SOIL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38749094142     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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