Influence of soil physical and mineralogical properties on erosion variations in Marlylands of Southern Guilan Province, Iran

International Journal of Physical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 365-378

  Ramezanpour, Hassan ^a   Esmaeilnejad, Leila ^a   Akbarzadeh, Ali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Erosion types; Guilan province; Physical factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954698626     PISSN: 19921950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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