Characteristics of surface runoff in a sandy area in southern Mu Us sandy land

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 270-275

  Wu, YongSheng ^a,b   Hasi, Eerdun ^a   Wugetemole, ^a   Wu, Xia ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Water Resources of China   (China)

Author keywords

biological soil crusts; Mu Us sandy land; runoff; sand dune

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84856109230     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-011-4728-0     Document Type: Article

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