Land cover change and its environmental impact in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, northeast Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-361

  Zeng, Yongnian ^a,b   Feng, Zhaodong ^a,c   Cao, Guangchao ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Desertification; Land cover change; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; RS and GIS

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; DESERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GIS; LAND COVER; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; XIZANG; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 1642562641     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/0276-4741(2003)023[0353:lccaie]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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