Interrill erosion of carbon and phosphorus from conventionally and organically farmed Devon silt soils

Catena

Volumn 91, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-103

  Kuhn, Nikolaus J ^a   Armstrong, Elizabeth K ^a   Ling, Amy C ^b   Connolly, Kathryn L ^b   Heckrath, Goswin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Interrill erosion; Organic farming; Phosphorus erosion; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COHESION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INTERRILL EROSION; ORGANIC FARMING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; RAINDROP; ROUGHNESS; SILTY SOIL; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84855917218     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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