Influence of amendments on soil structure and soil loss under simulated rainfall China's loess plateau

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 6116-6121

  Wu, S F ^a   Wu, P T ^a,b   Feng, H ^a,b   Bu, C F ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Amendment; Runoff sediment yield; Soil erosion; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; RAIN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOW RATE; LOESS; MACROMOLECULE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 77958012472     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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