Effects of landforms on the erosion rate in a small watershed by the 137Cs tracing method

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 380-384

  Li Mian, M ^a   Yao, Wenyi ^a   Li, Zhanbin ^b,c   Liu, Puling ^c   Shen, Zhenzhou ^a  

^a YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; Landform; Purple Hilly Area; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SLOPES; DOWNSLOPE; EROSION RATES; HILLY AREAS; PURPLE HILLY AREA; SICHUAN BASIN; SLOPE ASPECT; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; TRACING METHOD;

CESIUM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOSS PREVENTION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

CESIUM 137;

EROSION RATE; LANDFORM; SOIL EROSION; WATERSHED;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPE TRACING; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TREATMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA;

CHINA; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 77951025190     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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