Assessment and monitoring of accelerated water erosion of cultivated land - when will reality be acknowledged?

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-118

  Evans, R ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated soil erosion by water; Cultivated land; Field based assessment; Models; Monitoring; USLE

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND TYPE; MAGNITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SOIL EROSION; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; WATER EROSION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84875083522     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12010     Document Type: Review

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