Influences of alpine ecosystem degradation on soil temperature in the freezing-thawing process on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

Environmental Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1391-1397

  Hu, Hongchang ^a   Wang, Genxu ^a,b   Liu, Guangsheng ^a   Li, Taibing ^a   Ren, Dongxing ^a   Wang, Yibo ^a   Cheng, Huiyan ^a   Wang, Junfeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystem degradation; Permafrost; Seasonal frozen soil; Soil temperature; Vegetation coverage

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; FREEZING AND THAWING; FREEZING PROCESS; FREEZING--THAWING; QINGHAI-TIBET PLATEAUX; SEASONAL FROZEN SOIL; SOIL TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION COVERAGE;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONCRETES; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FREEZING; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOILS; TEMPERATURE; THAWING; VEGETATION;

PERMAFROST;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOMASS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FROZEN GROUND; PERMAFROST; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THAWING; VEGETATION COVER;

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

EID: 67349247441     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1417-7     Document Type: Article

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