Estimation of farmland soil wind erosion using RTK GPS measurements and the 137Cs technique: A case study in Kangbao County, Hebei province, northern China

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-148

  Zhang Chun Lai, C L ^a   Yang, Shuo ^b   Pan, Xing Hui ^c   Zhang, Jia Qiong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Weifang Bureau of Hydrology and Water Resources Survey   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs technique; Farmland wind erosion; Kangbao County; RTK GPS measurement

Indexed keywords

137CS TECHNIQUE; CULTIVATED SOILS; DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL GPS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FARMLAND SOILS; FARMLAND WIND EROSION; FIELD-MEASURED DATA; HEBEI PROVINCE; KANGBAO COUNTY; MEASUREMENT METHODS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NORTHERN CHINA; REAL-TIME KINEMATIC; REGIONAL SCALE; RTK-GPS; SOIL LOSS; SOIL WIND EROSION; STUDY AREAS; TIANJIN; TOP SOILS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; VEGETATIVE BANKS; WIND EROSIONS;

CESIUM; EROSION; FARMS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MEASUREMENTS; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; FIELD SURVEY; GPS; GRASSLAND; KINEMATICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; REAL TIME; WIND EROSION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; KANGBAO; TIANJIN;

EID: 79951556403     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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