The delicate balance between soil production and erosion, and its role on landscape evolution

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Dosseto, A ^a   Buss, Heather ^b   Suresh, P O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ALPINE REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; EARTH'S SURFACE; EROSION RATES; FASTER RATES; GRANITIC BEDROCKS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PRODUCTION RATES; PUERTO RICO; SOIL PRODUCTION; SOIL RESOURCES; SOIL-MANTLED LANDSCAPES; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; U-SERIES ISOTOPES; URANIUM-SERIES ISOTOPES; WEATHERING PROFILES;

EROSION; ISOTOPES; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; URANIUM; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANDESITE; BARE SOIL; BEDROCK; CRATON; ESCARPMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; SOIL EROSION; UPLAND REGION; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 79955966743     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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