Use of a 137Cs re-sampling technique to investigate temporal changes in soil erosion and sediment mobilisation for a small forested catchment in southern Italy

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 137-148

  Porto, Paolo ^a   Walling, Des E ^b   Alewell, Christine ^c   Callegari, Giovanni ^d   Mabit, Lionel ^e   Mallimo, Nicola ^a   Meusburger, Katrin ^c   Zehringer, Markus ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d CNR Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli e Forestali del Mediterraneo   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f State Laboratory of the Canton Basel City   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

137Cs; Re sampling; Sediment yield; Soil loss; Southern Italy; Uncultivated soils

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; FALLOUT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RESAMPLING; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL LOSS; SOUTHERN ITALY; UNCULTIVATED SOIL; ^137CS;

SOILS;

CESIUM 137; CESIUM;

CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION RATE; MOBILIZATION; RADIONUCLIDE; SAMPLING; SOIL EROSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FALLOUT; GLOBAL CHANGE; ITALY; LAND USE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL REDISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PROCEDURES;

ITALY;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ITALY;

EID: 84907264190     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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