The Multi-dimensional thresholds of sediment yield in the area with abundant and coarse sediment on the Loess Plateau

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3277-3285

  Chen, Shao Feng ^a,b   Liu, Quan You ^c   Lu, Zheng Chen ^c   Li, Zhong Yan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Area with abundant and coarse sediment; Erosion sediment yield; Factors influencing sediment yield; Loess Plateau; Multi dimensional thresholds; Single threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955628400     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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