Validating the use of caesium-137 measurements to estimate erosion rates in three small catchments in Southern Italy

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 288, 2004, Pages 75-83

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^a   Callegari, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Conversion models; Erosion rates; Italy; Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EROSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

CAESIUM-137; CONVERSION MODELS; EROSION RATES; ITALY; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL EROSION;

CATCHMENTS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FALLOUT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4043069905     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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