First use of the 137Cs technique in Nigeria for estimating medium-term soil redistribution rates on cultivated farmland

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-220

  Junge, B ^a   Mabit, L ^b   Dercon, G ^b   Walling, D E ^c   Abaidoo, R ^a   Chikoye, D ^a   Stahr, K ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

137Cs; Cultivated land; Nigeria; Radionuclide technique; Sediment delivery; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

137CS; CULTIVATED LAND; NIGERIA; RADIONUCLIDE TECHNIQUE; SEDIMENT DELIVERY; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; EROSION; FOOD SUPPLY; LAND USE; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CASSAVA; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; EROSION RATE; FALLOW; FOOD SECURITY; INVENTORY; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIONUCLIDE; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SAVANNA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE; TRANSITION ZONE;

NIGERIA;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 77957299678     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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