Assessment of soil erosion and deposition rates in a Moroccan agricultural field using fallout 137Cs and 210Pbex

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-106

  Benmansour, M ^a   Mabit, L ^b   Nouira, A ^a   Moussadek, R ^c   Bouksirate, H ^c   Duchemin, M ^d   Benkdad, A ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^d Institut de Recherche en Agro Environment (IRDA)   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pbex; Morocco; Radioisotopes; RUSLE 2; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

210PBEX; MOROCCO; RADIOISOTOPES; RUSLE 2; SOIL EROSION;

CESIUM 137; LEAD 210; RADIOISOTOPE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND DEGRADATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASS BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RADIONUCLIDE; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SOIL EROSION; TRANSLOCATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL EROSION;

AGRICULTURE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOROCCO; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 84864915516     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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