Land exploitation resulting in soil salinization in a desert-oasis ecotone

Catena

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-56

  Wang, Yugang ^a   Li, Yan ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural land; Land use change; Soil salt accumulation; Soil salt content; Sustainable land management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARID REGION; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTONE; EXPLOITATION; IRRIGATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; OASIS; SALINIZATION; SOIL TYPE; TOPSOIL; WATER TABLE;

CHINA; SANGONG BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84865830200     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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