Soil erosion and its basic characteristics at karst rocky-desertified land consolidation area: A case study at Muzhe Village of Xichou County in Southeast Yunnan, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-72

  Yang, Zisheng ^a   Yang, Longfei ^a   Zhang, Bosheng ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Karst mountainous area; Land consolidation; Rock desertification; Soil erosion; Test spot; Xichou County

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549129838     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-1047-x     Document Type: Article

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