Changes in frozen ground in the source area of the yellow river on the qinghai-tibet plateau, China, and their eco-environmental impacts

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jin, Huijun ^a   He, Ruixia ^a   Cheng, Guodong ^a   Wu, Qingbai ^a   Wang, Shaoling ^a   Lü, Lanzhi ^a   Chang, Xiaoli ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cold regions ecology; Degradation; Environmental impacts; Frozen ground; Source Area of the Yellow River (SAYR)

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS; SOILS; WATER LEVELS;

COLD REGIONS; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; FROZEN GROUND; GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEMS; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION; QINGHAI TIBET PLATEAU; SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND; SOURCE AREA OF THE YELLOW RIVERS;

PERMAFROST;

EID: 76149134377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045206     Document Type: Article

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