A preliminary investigation of the dynamic characteristics of dried soil layers on the Loess Plateau of China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 9-17

  Wang, Yunqiang ^a,b   Shao, Ming'an ^a,c   Shao, Hongbo ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e BINZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Liudaogou watershed; Plant roots; Soil desiccation; Soil water content; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FORMATION PROCESS; GLYCINE MAX; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LOESS PLATEAU; MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES; MEDICAGO; NATURAL PLANTS; NATURAL VEGETATION; NON-INDIGENOUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SPECIES; ROOT DIAMETERS; ROOT LENGTH; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE AREA; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARID REGIONS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DSL; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MODEMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHEDS;

VEGETATION;

ALFALFA; ARID REGION; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; SUCCESSION;

CHINA; JILIN; LIUDAOGOU BASIN; LOESS PLATEAU;

CARAGANA; CARAGANA KORSHINSKII; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; STIPA;

EID: 74049105682     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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