The influence of microtopographies on seed removal by water erosion on Loess slope

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 925-932

  Wang, Ning ^a,d   Jiao, Ju Ying ^a,b   Lei, Dong ^c   Chen, Yu ^b   Wang, Dong Li ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Henan Building Materials Research and Design Institute Co Ltd   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Runoff; Seed loss; Simulating rainfall; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879388225     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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