An experimental study of crust development on chalk downland soils and their impact on runoff and erosion

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 784-798

  Robinson, D A ^a   Woodun, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALK; EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFILTRATION; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; ROUGHNESS; SILT; SOFTWARE; SOIL CRUST;

EID: 47249086840     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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