Soil erosion in the tropics : principles and management

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Soil erosion in the tropics : principles and management

Rattan Lal

McGraw-Hill, c1990

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Filling a need for all soil scientists, this comprehensive, volume on the problem of soil erosion, covers the principles and processes of wind and water erosion, with emphasis on the tropics. Because soil erosion is the single largest problem in maintaining food production worldwide, management practices advocated in this volume will be of significant environmental impact. TABLE OF

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  • Part A: Introduction
  • (1) Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Part B: Basic Processes
  • (2) Physical Processes and Climatic Erosivity
  • (3) Soil Properties and Erodibility (4) Slope and Landforms
  • (5) Splash Erosion
  • (6) Erosion Processes Over a Watershed. Part C: Measurement and Prediction
  • (7) Erosion Measurement and Evaluation
  • (8) Predicting Erosion Potential. Part D: Erosion Control
  • (9) Controlling Upland Erosion
  • (10) Landuse
  • (11) (12) Conservation Tillage
  • (13) Trees and Soil Erosion. Part E: Special Topics
  • (14) Erosion Hazard on Steeplands
  • (15) Wind Erosion and Its Control.

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