How many check dams do we need to build on the loess plateau?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8527-8528

  Jin, Zhao ^a   Cui, Buli ^a   Song, Yi ^a   Shi, Weiyu ^a   Wang, Kaibo ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Liang, Jing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHECK DAM; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PLATEAU; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION; WATER CYCLE;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84865454532     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302835r     Document Type: Note

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