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Effects of near-surface hydraulic gradients on nitrate and phosphorus losses in surface runoff

Fen-Li Zheng1, Chi-Hua Huang, L Darrell Norton

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Northwestern Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 China. flzh@ms.iswc.ac.cn

Journal of Environmental Quality
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