Study on the effectiveness of an agricultural technique based on Aeolian deposition, in a semiarid environment

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1143-1150

  Asensio, Carlos ^a   Lozano, Francisco Javier ^a   Ortega, Eduardo ^b   Kikvidze, Zaal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Dust deposition; Soil fertility; Tabernas desert; Understory soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944523045     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2015.125     Document Type: Article

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