Distribution and assessment of soil and land degradation in subtropical china-a case study of the dongxi river basin, fujian province

Pedosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-210

  Lijie, P U ^a   Haosheng, Bao ^b   Buzhuo, Peng ^a   Higgitt, D L ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137cs technique; Magnetic susceptibility; Soil and land degradation; Subtropical environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141470318     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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