The effects of land use on soil moisture variation in the Danangou catchment of the Loess Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 197-213

  Fu, Bojie ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Chen, Liding ^a   Qiu, Yang ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Land use structure; Loess Plateau of China; Runoff and erosion control; Soil moisture variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; EROSION CONTROL; LAND USE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 0346758158     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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