Estimating the erosion and deposition rates in a small watershed by the 137Cs tracing method

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 362-366

  Li, Mian ^a   Li, Zhanbin ^b,c   Yao, Wenyi ^a   Liu, Puling ^c  

^a YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; Deposition; Sichuan Hilly Basin; Small watershed; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

137CS; CULTIVATED LANDS; EROSION AND DEPOSITIONS; EROSION RATES; FOREST LANDS; LAND USE TYPES; PADDY FIELDS; SICHUAN HILLY BASIN; SMALL WATERSHED; SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSSES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; TRACING METHODS; TRACING TECHNIQUES;

EROSION;

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FOREST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL CHANGE; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; WATERSHED; WET DEPOSITION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 58049159153     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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