Assessing soil remobilisation in catchments using a 137 Cs-sediment hillslope model

Australian Geographer

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-465

  Simms, Ava D ^a   Woodroffe, Colin ^a   Jones, Brian G ^a   Heijnis, Henk ^b   Harrison, Jennifer ^b   Mann, Rob A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Erosion; Hillslope model; Sediment budget; Soil loss rates; Soil remobilisation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; MODELING; REMOBILIZATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 57149101714     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180802419187     Document Type: Article

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