Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7)

This open access book is the first comprehensive guideline for the beryllium-7 (Be-7) technique that can be applied to evaluate short-term patterns and budgets of soil redistribution in agricultural landscapes. While covering the fundamental and basic concepts of the approach, this book distinguishe...

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Other Authors: Mabit, Lionel (Editor), Blake, William (Editor)
Format: eBook
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
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