Using Cesium-137 technique to study the characteristics of different aspect of soil erosion in the Wind-water Erosion Crisscross Region on Loess Plateau of China

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-113

  Li, Mian ^a,b,d   Li, Zhan Bin ^b,c   Liu, Pu Ling ^c   Yao, Wen Yi ^a  

^a YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^b XI'AN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^d YRCC   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; Slope aspect; Slope position; Wind water Erosion Crisscross Region

Indexed keywords

SOIL LOSS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WIND EROSION;

EROSION; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

CESIUM;

CESIUM 137; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TILLAGE; WIND EROSION;

CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALF-LIFE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOIL;

EID: 7444259590     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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