Temporal and spatial variability of sediment yield on the Loess Plateau in the past 50 years

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1129-1139

  Xin, Zhong Bao ^a   Xu, Jiong Xin ^b   Yu, Xin Xiao ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Sediment yield; Temporal and spatial variation; The loess plateau

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; PLATEAU; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 64349101054     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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