Quantitative assessment of effectiveness of soil conservation measures using a combination of 137Cs radioactive tracer and conventional techniques

Catena

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-227

  Belyaev, V R ^a   Golosov, V N ^a   Kuznetsova, J S ^a   Markelov, M V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Radioactive tracer; Soil conservation; Soil erosion; Soil morphology; Soil redistribution rates

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CALIBRATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; EROSION RATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SHELTERBELT; SLOPE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACER;

OREL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 77953134719     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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