Soil redistribution rate and its relationship with soil organic carbon and total nitrogen using 137Cs technique in a cultivated complex hillslope in western Iran

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 606-614

  Afshar, Farideh Abbaszadeh ^a   Ayoubi, Shamsollah ^a   Jalalian, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Co regionalization analysis; Cs 137; Soil organic carbon; Soil redistribution; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; GROSS EROSION; HILLSLOPES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MASS BALANCE MODEL; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL CORES; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL LOSS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TOTAL NITROGEN;

ARID REGIONS; CESIUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CESIUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION CONTROL; EROSION RATE; HILLSLOPE; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IRAN; MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY;

CARBON; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; SOIL;

IRAN;

EID: 77953025366     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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