A simple model of Cs-137 profile to estimate soil redistribution in cultivated stony soils

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1285-1293

  Soto, J ^a   Navas, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultivated stony soils; Erosion and deposition rates; Fallout 137Cs; Mediterranean; Modelling; Mountain slopes

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

CULTIVATED STONY SOILS; EROSION AND DEPOSITION RATES; FALLOUT 137CS; MEDITERRANEAN; MODELLING; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; SIMPLE MODELING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 48949091951     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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