Estimating the rainfall erosivity factor from monthly precipitation data in the Madrid Region (Spain)
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Language: English
Page range: 55 - 62
Submitted on: Mar 5, 2014
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2014
Published on: Jan 28, 2015
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