An investigation of soil erosion and redistribution in a Mediterranean lowland agricultural catchment using caesium-137

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-16

  ESTRANY, Joan ^a   GARCIA, Celso ^a   WALLING, Desmond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs; Agricultural land; Mediterranean; Soil erosion; Traditional soil conservation practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950485043     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(10)60023-6     Document Type: Article

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