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137Cs – a potential environmental marker for assessing erosion-induced soil organic carbon loss in India [1]

The use of Cesium-137 (137Cs) as a potential environmental marker was examined for estimating soil erosion induced carbon losses on slopping agricultural land. Depth-wise incremental soil samples were taken from uneroded reference sites and four levels of cultivated slopping lands representing different erosion phase in Doon valley region of India.

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Original Source [3]

Publication Date: 
10/09/2019
Debashis Mandal [4], Nishita Giri [5], Pankaj Srivastava & et al [6]
Current Science [7]
117
5
865-871
Tags:
Soil Resources [8], Soil Erosion [9], Agriculture [10], Himalaya [11], India [12], Soil Capability [13]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/137cs-%E2%80%93-potential-environmental-marker-assessing-erosion-induced-soil-organic-carbon
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/erosion-induced-soil-loss.pdf
[3] https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/117/05/0865.pdf
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/debashis-mandal
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nishita-giri
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/pankaj-srivastava-et-al
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-resources
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himalaya
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability