Spatial variability of erosion and soil organic matter content estimated from 137Cs measurements and geostatistics

Geoderma

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Mabit, L ^a   Bernard, C ^b   Makhlouf, M ^c   Laverdiere M R ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; Fallout radionuclides; Geostatistics; Kriging; Organic matter; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; GEO-STATISTICS; RADIO CESIUM; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER (SOM); SPATIAL CORRELATION STRUCTURES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

EROSION;

CESIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 45449085001     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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