137Cs tracing dynamics of soil erosion, organic carbon and nitrogen in sloping farmland converted from original grassland in Tibetan plateau

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1650-1655

  Xiaojun, Nie ^a   Xiaodan, Wang ^b   Suzhen, Liu ^b   Shixian, Gu ^b   Haijun, Liu ^c  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c Institute of Water Resources Planning Surveying Design and Research ^*  (China)

Author keywords

137Cs technique; Land use change; SOC; Tibetan plateau; Tillage erosion; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

137CS TECHNIQUE; LAND-USE CHANGE; SOC; TIBETAN PLATEAU; TILLAGE EROSION; WATER EROSION;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CESIUM; DYNAMICS; EROSION; SOILS;

FARMS;

CESIUM 137; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; CESIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POACEAE; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TIBET;

EID: 77957951048     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.04.017     Document Type: Article

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