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Soil crust formation as affected by slope gradient on clay soils of semi-arid Machakos District, Kenya
Shivonje, FM; Okwach, GM; Kironchi, G (University of Nairobi,Department of land resource management and agricultural technology,, 2005)Surface crusts formed by impact of raindrop restrict water infiltration into soil. The decrease in infiltration not only leads to an mcrease in surface flow and accelerated erosion, but also to reduced available water to ...