A comparative study of rainfall erosivity for eastern and western Slovenia

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-341

  Ceglar, Andrej ^a   Črepinšek, Zalika ^a   Zupanc, Vesna ^a   Kajfež Bogataj, Lučka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Rainfall erosivity; Rainfall intensity; Slovenia; Soil water erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249096899     PISSN: 15819175     EISSN: 18541941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10014-008-0013-6     Document Type: Article

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