Influence of hillside gradient on forest road cross section components in a loamy clay soil

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1212-1216

  Parsakhoo, Aidin ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Ataollah ^a   Lotfalian, Majid ^a   Jalilvand, Hamid ^a  

^a University of Mazandaran Faculty of Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross section; Forest road; Hillside gradient; Loamy clay; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952128111     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2009.1212.1216     Document Type: Article

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