Soil erosion rates on forested mountain hillslopes estimated using 137Cs and 210Pbex

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 39-52

  Wakiyama, Y ^a   Onda, Y ^a   Mizugaki, S ^b   Asai, H ^c   Hiramatsu, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CIVIL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR COLD REGION   (Japan)

^c Aichi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; Erosion plots; Forested hillslopes; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

137CS; 210PBEX; EROSION PLOTS; FORESTED HILLSLOPES; SOIL EROSION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CESIUM; FLOORS; FORESTRY; GAMMA RAYS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIPE FLOW; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

EROSION;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; EROSION RATE; FERN; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FLOOR; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HILLSLOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE; LITTER; MONTANE FOREST; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER BASIN; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNDERSTORY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; EROSION; FORESTS; GAMMA RAYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENTS; SOIL;

JAPAN; KOCHI [SHIKOKU]; SHIKOKU; TSUZURA BASIN;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; CUPRESSUS; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 77956871383     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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