Precipitation-vegetation coupling and its influence on erosion on the Loess Plateau, China

Catena

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-116

  Jiongxin, Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Erosion; Geomorphic threshold; Loess Plateau of China; Precipitation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EROSIVITY; LOESS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

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

EID: 28544449785     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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