Land use history and status of land desertification in the Heihe River basin

Natural Hazards

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-290

  Wei, Liu ^a   Shengkui, Cao ^b   Haiyang, Xi ^b   Qi, Feng ^b  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Heihe River basin; Land desertification in historical period; Modern land desertification; Origin analysis

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE; OASIS; RIVER BASIN;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 77951976557     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9429-5     Document Type: Article

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