The application of 137Cs to post-fire erosion in north-west Spain

Geoderma

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Menendez Duarte R ^a   Fernandez S ^a   Soto, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

137Cs; Cantabrian Range; Soil erosion; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CESIUM; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; VEGETATION;

137CS; BURNT AREAS; CANTABRIAN RANGE; EROSION RATES; FIRE FREQUENCIES; GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; POST-FIRE EROSIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REMOTE SENSING DATUM; SOIL CORES; SOIL DEGRADATIONS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTIONS; STUDY SITES; SURFACE EROSIONS; TIME PERIODS; TIME-SCALES; TREE COVERS; VEGETATION COVERS; WILDFIRE;

EROSION;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CORE ANALYSIS; EROSION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

CESIUM; EROSION; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PLANTS; QUARTZ; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; SUBSTRATES;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 62049084330     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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