Vertical distribution and influencing factors of soil water content within 21-m profile on the Chinese Loess Plateau

Geoderma

Volumn 193-194, Issue , 2013, Pages 300-310

  Wang, Yunqiang ^a,b,c   Shao, Ming'an ^b   Liu, Zhipeng ^c,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Available soil water content; Deep soil; Land use; Root zone; Soil texture; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE SOIL WATERS; DEEP SOILS; ROOT ZONE; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER STORAGE;

ARID REGIONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ECOLOGY; LAKES; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEXTURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

ARID REGION; DROUGHT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; LOESS; ORGANIC SOIL; PLATEAU; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SUSTAINABILITY; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84872383715     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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