Tree ring-based annual streamflow reconstruction for the Heihe River in arid northwestern China from ad 575 and its implications for water resource management

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 773-784

  Yang, Bao ^a,b   Qin, Chun ^a   Shi, Feng ^a   Sonechkin, Dmitry M ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

arid northwest China; dendrohydrology; Heihe River; streamflow reconstruction; tree rings; water resources management

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TREE RING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER; HEIHE BASIN;

JUNIPERUS; SABINA PRZEWALSKII;

EID: 84861754589     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611430411     Document Type: Article

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