Water regime shifts in the active soil layer of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau permafrost region, under different levels of vegetation

Geoderma

Volumn 149, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Genxu, Wang ^a,b   Shengnan, Li ^a   Hongchang, Hu ^b   Yuanshou, Li ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine frost meadow soil; Available water; Permafrost; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Soil water distribution pattern; Soil water dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FROST PROTECTION; GROUNDWATER; HUMIDITY CONTROL; HYDRAULICS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMAFROST; PERMITTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; THAWING; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ALPINE FROST MEADOW SOIL; AVAILABLE WATER; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; SOIL WATER DISTRIBUTION PATTERN; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS;

SOILS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FROST; GROWING SEASON; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEADOW; PERMAFROST; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 59749085065     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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