The loess plateau of China: Aeolian sedimentation and fluvial erosion, both with superlative rates

Geomorphological Landscapes of the World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 275-282

  Yang, Xiaoping ^a   Liu, Tao ^a   Yuan, Baoyin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; gully erosion; human activity; loess; tableland

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053579238     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3055-9_28     Document Type: Chapter

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