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Threats to soil quality in Denmark - A review of existing knowledge in the context of the EU Soil Thematic Strategy [PDF]
, 2009 The EU Commission is preparing a proposal for a Soil Framework Directive with the purpose of protecting the soil resources in Europe. The proposal identifies six major threats to the sustained quality of soils in Europe. This report addresses the threats
Christensen, B.T. +2 more
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Model simulations of complex dust emissions over the Sahara during the West African monsoon onset [PDF]
, 2012 The existing limitations in ground-based observations in remote areas in West Africa determine the dependence on numerical models to represent the atmospheric mechanisms that contribute to dust outbreaks at different space-time scales.
Cavazos Guerra, Carolina, Todd, Martin
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ASSESSMENT OF SOIL EROSION RISK USING RUSLE IN SELECTED WATERSHEDS OF SULAIMANI PROVINCE, IRAQ
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural scienceThis study was aimed to assess the risk of soil erosion in 32 watersheds of Sulaimani province, Kurdistan/Iraq, based on Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, GIS and RS data.
Star Abdullah +4 more
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A flume for studying the relative erodibility of soils and sediments [PDF]
, 1970 A flume has been built for studying the erodibility of soils and sediments by gullying. It consists of two boxes containing undisturbed soil samples. One box is set above the other and water from a stilling tank passes over the soil of the upper box and ...
Selby, Michael J.
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Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental, 2013 Studies on hydrology, agro-meteorology, soil loss and climate change scenarios depend on weather information, which may not be available. Weather generators, such as the CLIGEN, can synthesize daily climate series statistically similar to the observed ...
João H. Caviglione +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, 2003 Com o objetivo de avaliar as relações entre formas de paisagem e erosão em um Latossolo Vermelho eutroférrico (LVef) por meio de técnicas geoestatísticas na Fazenda Santa Isabel, município de Jaboticabal (SP), identificaram-se modelos de paisagem côncavo
C. K. Souza +3 more
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Gypsum-based management practices to prevent phosphorus transportation [PDF]
, 2008 Phosphogypsum from Siilinjärvi plant were tested in soil incubation-leaching-studies(I), and in liquid pig manure treatment (II) in farm pit. In soil columns, gypsum additions significantly reduced erodibility and ortho-P concentrations in the ...
Pietola, Liisa
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SPATIAL MAPPING AND ASSESSMENT OF SOIL ERODIBILITY USING GIS IN THE MIDDLE OF ERBIL PROVINCE
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural scienceThis study aimed to estimate soil erodibility in the middle of Erbil province. The results of indirect methods were compared with the observed K-factor in order to determine the most suitable method. The tests were carried out for nine soil locations by
D. R. Keya +3 more
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Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2012 This study investigates the influence of vetiver grass strips (VGS), vetiver mulch (VGM) and composted vetiver prunes (veticompost) on soil quality of an eroded land in the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Ibadan (70 22’ N; 30 50’E ...
Are Kayode Steven +4 more
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A New Soil Conservation Methodology and Application to Cropping Systems in Tropical Steeplands: A comparative synthesis of results obtained in ACIAR Project PN 9201 [PDF]
Land Economics/Use,
Anonymous, Rose, C.W.
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