The 'humped' soil production function: Eroding Arnhem land, Australia

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1674-1684

  Heimsath, Arjun M ^a   Fink, David ^b   Hancock, Greg R ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

10Be; Erosion; Sediment transport; Soil; Weathering

Indexed keywords

10BE; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; EROSION RATES; FIRST-ORDER; IN-SITU; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; SAMPLING SCHEMES; SOIL PRODUCTION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL THICKNESS; SOIL-MANTLED LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; THEORY AND MODELING; UPLAND CATCHMENT;

ALUMINA; BERYLLIUM; CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; TIN; WEATHERING;

EROSION;

BEDROCK; BERYLLIUM; EROSION RATE; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL VARIATION; WEATHERING;

ARNHEM LAND; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 70349983282     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1859     Document Type: Article

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