A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes

P. Borrelli; K. Van Oost; K. Meusburger; C. Alewell; E. Lugato; P. Panagos

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.009

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A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes

P. Borrelli K. Van Oost K. Meusburger C. Alewell E. Lugato P. Panagos

Environmental Research Vol. 161 pp. 291-298 · Elsevier BV

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P. Borrelli, K. Van Oost, K. Meusburger, et al. (2018). A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes. Environmental Research, 161, 291-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.009

A step towards a holistic assessment of soil degradation in Europe: Coupling on-site erosion with sediment transfer and carbon fluxes

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