Soil dispersion tests combined with topographical information can describe field-scale sediment and phosphorus losses

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 342-350

  Villa, A ^a   Djodjic, F ^a   Bergstrom L ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mobilization; Phosphorus; Sediment; Soil dispersion; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP; DISPERSION; DRAINAGE WATER; PHOSPHORUS; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84906794561     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sum.12121     Document Type: Article

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