The effect of climate warming and permafrost thaw on desertification in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Geomorphology

Volumn 108, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 182-190

  Xue, Xian ^a   Guo, Jian ^a   Han, Bangshuai ^a   Sun, Qingwei ^a   Liu, Lichao ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Active layer thickening; Climate warming; Desertification; Permafrost thawing; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Topsoil drought

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; GRAZING; IMAGERY; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THAWING; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION; WARMING;

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

EID: 67349159687     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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