Effects of land use, land cover and rainfall regimes on the surface runoff and soil loss on karst slopes in southwest China

Catena

Volumn 90, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-62

  Peng, Tao ^a,b   Wang, Shi jie ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hill slopes; Karst; Land use; Limestone; Soil loss; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FISSURE; FOREST COVER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INFILTRATION; KARST; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LIMESTONE; MONSOON; OVERGRAZING; PASTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINSTORM; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 82955222897     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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