Articles | Volume 3, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-113-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-113-2017
Original research article
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04 Aug 2017
Original research article |  | 04 Aug 2017

Decision support for the selection of reference sites using 137Cs as a soil erosion tracer

Laura Arata, Katrin Meusburger, Alexandra Bürge, Markus Zehringer, Michael E. Ketterer, Lionel Mabit, and Christine Alewell

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Alewell, C., Meusburger, K., Juretzko, G., Mabit, L., and Ketterer, M. E.: Suitability of 239 + 240Pu and 137Cs as tracers for soil erosion assessment in mountain grasslands, Chemosphere, 103, 274–280, 2014.
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