Using 137Cs to study spatial patterns of soil erosion and soil organic carbon (SOC) in an agricultural catchment of the typical black soil region, Northeast China

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-132

  Fang, Haiyan ^a   Li, Qiuyan ^a   Sun, Liying ^a   Cai, Qiangguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; Black soil; Catchment; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BLACK SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LOSS RATES; NORTHEAST CHINA; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; EROSION; RUNOFF; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CESIUM 137; ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON; CESIUM;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; GULLY; LAND MANAGEMENT; MINERALIZATION; SHELTERBELT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REINFORCEMENT; SOIL TYPE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BLACK SOIL; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EPHEMERAL SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; MINERALIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETATION; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTANT;

CHINA;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHINA; RADIATION MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84862144512     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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