Modeling tillage-induced morphological features in cultivated landscapes

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-45

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Lobb, David A ^a   Tiessen, Kevin H D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DirTillEM; Field boundary; Morphological features; Tillage direction; Tillage erosion; Tillage pattern

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; EROSION; OPTICAL RADAR; SOIL MECHANICS;

DIRTILLEM; FIELD BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; TILLAGE DIRECTION; TILLAGE EROSION; TILLAGE PATTERN;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODELING; PRAIRIE; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; RED RIVER [CANADA-UNITED STATES];

EID: 60449117025     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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