Hydrological changes and land degradation in the southern and eastern Tarim basin, Xinjiang, China

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-392

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Zhang, F ^a   White, P D ^a   Wang, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural history; Desert; Dryland; Hydrology; Land degradation; Oasis; Western China

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITES;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; DUNE LANDSCAPE; LAND-COVER CHANGES; TARIM BASIN;

DEGRADATION;

DIGITAL IMAGE; DRYLAND FARMING; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33746854321     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.744     Document Type: Review

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