The use of a raindrop aggregate destruction device to evaluate sediment and soil organic carbon transport

Geographica Helvetica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 167-174

  Xiao, L ^a   Hu, Y ^a   Greenwood, P ^a   Kuhn, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; RAINDROP; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SIEVING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SILTY LOAM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TYPE; WATER EROSION; AGGREGATE; AGGREGATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84984406510     PISSN: 0016-7312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gh-70-167-2015     Document Type: Article

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