Land use changes and soil redistribution estimation using 137Cs in the tropical Bera Lake catchment, Malaysia

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-10

  Gharibreza, Mohammadreza ^a,b   Raj, John Kuna ^a   Yusoff, Ismail ^a   Othman, Zainudin ^c   Tahir, Wan Zakaria Wan Muhamad ^d   Ashraf, Muhammad Aqeel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SOIL CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

137Cs radionuclide; Bera Lake catchment; Land use changes; Proportional model; Soil redistribution

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; LAND DEVELOPMENT; LAND-USE CHANGE; PROPORTIONAL MODELS; SOIL EROSION RATE; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; ESTIMATION; LAKES; LAND USE; PALM OIL; RADIOISOTOPES; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WETLANDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; RADIONUCLIDE; RUBBER; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BERA LAKE; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84876312220     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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