Positive and negative terrains on northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-76

  Zhou, Yi ^a   Tang, Guo'an ^a   Yang, Xin ^a   Xiao, Chenchao ^b   Zhang, Yuan ^c   Luo, Mingliang ^d  

^a Nanjing Normal University   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DEM; Loess Plateau; Positive and negative terrains; Shoulder lines; Spatial differentiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 75849156081     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-010-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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