Use of Beryllium-7 to assess soil redistribution by erosion in two contrasting Mediterranean environments

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 43-51

  Navas, A ^a   Walling, D E ^b   Gaspar, L ^a   Machin, J ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

7Be; Central Ebro valley, Spain; Fallout radionuclides; Mediterranean environments; Radiotracing; Soil erosion; Soil redistribution; Stony soils

Indexed keywords

7BE; CENTRAL EBRO VALLEY, SPAIN; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTS; RADIOTRACING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; STONY SOILS;

BERYLLIUM; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FALLOUT; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

EROSION;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FALLOUT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SLOPE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORM;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 62949158296     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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