Terrace Construction and Productivity on Loessal Soils in Zhongyang County, Shanxi Province, PRC

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 450-467

  Veeck, Gregory ^a   Zhou, Li ^b   Ling, Gao ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARABLE FARMING; CROP YIELD; EROSION CONTROL; FARM INCOME; LOESS SOIL; SLOPE FARMING; TERRACE CONSTRUCTION; TERRACING; YIELD IMPROVEMENT;

CHINA, SHAANXI, ZHONGYANG; CHINA, SHANXI PROVINCE, ZHONGYANG COUNTY;

EID: 0029543913     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1995.tb01808.x     Document Type: Article

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