Temporal variation in soil detachment under different land uses in the Loess Plateau of China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1302-1309

  Zhang, Guang Hui ^a   Tang, Ming Ke ^a   Zhang, X C ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment rate; Soil erosion; Temporal variation; The Loess Plateau

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; AS-SOILS; DETACHMENT RATE; GROWING SEASON; HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS; LOESS PLATEAU; ROOT DENSITY; ROOT GROWTH; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL COHESION; SOIL CONSOLIDATION; SOIL DETACHMENT; SOIL DISTURBANCES; SOIL EROSION; SOIL-EROSION MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THE LOESS PLATEAU; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

ADHESION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

EROSION;

ALGORITHM; BULK DENSITY; COHESION; HYDRAULICS; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

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

GLYCINE MAX; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69749125805     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1827     Document Type: Article

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