Soil erosion limits for Lakshadweep Archipelago

Current Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-280

  Mandal, Debashis ^a   Tripathi, K P ^a  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation plan; Soil erosion; Soil loss tolerance; Soil sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 60649109147     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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