Dynamics of aeolian sandy land in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin of Tibet, China from 1975 to 2008

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 86-87, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-44

  Shen, Weishou ^a   Li, Haidong ^a   Sun, Ming ^a   Jiang, Jiang ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeolian landforms; Alpine valley; Climate change; Remote sensing; The Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

ALPINE VALLEYS; DRIVING FACTORS; DRIVING FORCES; EXTERNAL DRIVING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS); HEAD WATERS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAND AREAS; LANDSAT IMAGES; NATURAL FACTORS; RIVER BASINS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

DYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GIS; HEADWATER; LANDSAT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAHMAPUTRA BASIN;

EID: 84862779102     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.01.012     Document Type: Article

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