Water erosion response to rainfall and land use in different drought-level years in a loess hilly area of China

Catena

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Wei, Wei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Fu, Bojie ^a   Chen, Jin ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Dingxi Institute of Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Drought level year; Land use; Loess Plateau; Rainfall; Variation; Water erosion

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EROSION CONTROL; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; WATER EROSION;

CHINA; DINGXI; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU;

HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RHAMNACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 76449104172     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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