Effects of precipitation and landuse on runoff during the past 50 years in a typical watershed in Loess Plateau, China

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-364

  BI, Huaxing ^a   LIU, Bin ^b   WU, Jie ^a   YUN, Lei ^a   CHEN, Zhihan ^b   CUI, Zhewei ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xifeng station of soil and water conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Climate variability change; Forests; Land use land cover change; Loess Plateau of China; Surface water hydrology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950570251     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(10)60009-1     Document Type: Article

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