Soil Conservation:

An Assessment of the National Resources Inventory, Volume 2

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Size: 314 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1986

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Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities,
National Research Council
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Written by the foremost authorities in the field, this volume brings together the technical papers from which Volume 1 is drawn. The 10 papers and discussion from a National Research Council symposium cover such topics as soil erosion classification, evaluating ...
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Front Matter	i-xii
1. An Improved Soil Erosion Classification: Update, Comparison, and Extension	1-20	(skim)
2. Assessing Soil Erosion Productivity Damage	21-62	(skim)
3. Field Estimates of C Factors: How Good Are They and How Do They Affect Calculations of Erosion	63-89	(skim)
4. Understanding Ephemeral Gully Erosion	90-128	(skim)
5. Wind Erosion	129-162	(skim)
6. Erosion on Range and Forest Lands: Impacts of Land Use and Management Practices	163-203	(skim)
7. Erosion Control Practices: The Impact of Actual Versus Most Effective Use	204-236	(skim)
8. Applications of the NRI Data to Inventory, Monitor, and Appraise Offsite Erosion Damage	237-252	(skim)
9. New Cropland in the 1982 NRI: Implications for Resource Policy	253-272	(skim)
10. A Midwestern Perspective on Targeting Conservation Programs to Protect Soil Productivity	273-295	(skim)
11. Potential Uses of the NRI in State and Local Decision Making	296-314	(skim)

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Written by the foremost authorities in the field, this volume brings together the technical papers from which Volume 1 is drawn. The 10 papers and discussion from a National Research Council symposium cover such topics as soil erosion classification, evaluating how soil erosion damages productivity, calculating soil erosion, understanding ephemeral gully erosion, wind erosion, and the impact of range erosion on land use.

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