A europium tracer method for investigating vertical distribution of Loess slopleland soil erosion

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 824-832

  Yang, Wude ^a   Song, Xiaoyan ^a   Sui, Guoping ^b   Ding, Guangwei ^c  

^a SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Testing Technology Academy   (China)

^c NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loess slopleland; Positioning soil core Eu (europium) tracer; Soil erosion; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; LOESS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SOIL EROSION; TRACER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACACIA;

EID: 39749162093     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620701880883     Document Type: Article

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