Effect of soil type, peat and farmyard manure addition, slope and their interactions on wash erosion by overland flow of some Trinidadian soils

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-243

  Ekwue, E I ^a   Bharat, C ^a   Samaroo, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; MANURES; PEAT; SOIL CONDITIONERS;

EXPERIMENTAL FACTORS; FARMYARD MANURE; LABORATORY FACILITIES; LAND USE ZONING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATIONS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; SLOPE GRADIENTS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

EID: 58749088523     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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