Upscaling the Use of Fallout Radionuclides in Soil Erosion and Sediment Budget Investigations: Addressing the Challenge

International Soil and Water Conservation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Walling, D E ^a   Porto, P ^b   Zhang, Y ^c   Du, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^d International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES)   (China)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Catchment scale; Fallout radionuclides; National scale; Sediment budget; Soil erosion; Soil redistribution; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973414587     PISSN: 20956339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-6339(15)30019-8     Document Type: Article

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