The usefulness of 137Cs as a tracer for soil erosion assessment: A critical reply to Parsons and Foster (2011)

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 300-307

  Mabit, L ^a   Meusburger, K ^a   Fulajtar, E ^b   Alewell, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

137Cs method; Radioisotope; Soil erosion; Soil tracer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888129091     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.05.008     Document Type: Note

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