Using 137Cs to quantify the redistribution of soil organic carbon and total N affected by intensive soil erosion in the headwaters of the Yangtze River, China

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2007-2012

  Guoxiao, Wei ^a   Yibo, Wang ^a   Yan lin, Wang ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Intensive soil erosion; Radioisotopes; Soil organic carbon; Total N

Indexed keywords

EROSION; ORGANIC CARBON; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SOIL MECHANICS;

INTENSIVE SOIL EROSION; RADIOISOTOPES; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL N;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHINA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RIVER; SOIL EROSION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

CARBON; CESIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SOIL;

EID: 53549095193     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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