Use of palm-mat geotextiles for soil conservation: I. Effects on soil properties

Catena

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Bhattacharyya, R ^a   Fullen, M A ^a   Booth, C A ^a   Smets, T ^b   Poesen, J ^b   Black, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Borassus (Borassus aethiopum) mats; Buffer strips; Buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) mats; Dystric Cambisol; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BARE SOIL; BUFFER ZONE; BULK DENSITY; CAMBISOL; FIELD SURVEY; GEOTEXTILE; LOAMY SAND; MONOCOTYLEDON; PH; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL; WATER EROSION;

ENGLAND; HILTON; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BORASSUS; BORASSUS AETHIOPUM; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA;

EID: 78651244087     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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