Soil conditions in a small catchment on the Loess Plateau in China

Catena

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 45-58

  Messing, Ingmar ^a   Chen, Liding ^b   Hessel, Rudi ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

China; Land use; Loess plateau; Soil erosion; Soil nutrients; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND EVALUATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

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

EID: 0346758160     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00056-0     Document Type: Article

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