Use of 7Be measurements to estimate rates of soil loss from cultivated land: Testing a new approach applicable to individual storm events occurring during an extended period

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 8300-8313

  Porto, Paolo ^a,b   Walling, Des E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beryllium 7; erosion plots; fallout radionuclides; soil erosion; soil loss; validation

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RAIN; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; STORMS;

BERYLLIUM-7; EROSION PLOTS; FALLOUT RADIONUCLIDES; SOIL EROSION; SOIL LOSS; VALIDATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RADIONUCLIDE; SOIL EROSION;

EID: 84911071756     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015867     Document Type: Article

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