Desertification problems in the Yangtze River source area, China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-182

  Yan, P ^a   Dong, G R ^b   Su, Z Z ^b,c   Zhang, D S ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Desertification; Freeze thaw action; PR China; Source area of Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DEGRADATION; LAND USE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESERTIFICATION; FREEZE-THAW PROCESSES;

LAND FILL;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERTIFICATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; RIVER BASIN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 1842628788     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.602     Document Type: Article

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