Soil erosion associated with an upland farming system under population pressure in northeast india

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-321

  Prokop, Pawel ^a   Poreba, G J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

137Cs tracer; Deforestation; Hilly terrain; India; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

137CS TRACER; HILLY TERRAIN; INDIA; SLASH-AND-BURN; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CESIUM; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; WEATHERING;

SOILS;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; EROSION RATE; FARMING SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION PRESSURE; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; UPLAND REGION;

INDIA; MEGHALAYA;

EID: 84864955943     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2147     Document Type: Article

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