An exploratory analysis of vegetation strategies to reduce shallow landslide activity on loess hillslopes, Northeast Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 668-686

  Hu, Xia song ^a,b   Brierley, Gary ^c   Zhu, Hai li ^a   Li, Guo rong ^a   Fu, Jiang tao ^b   Mao, Xiao qing ^a   Yu, Qin qin ^a   Qiao, Na ^a  

^a QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Root reinforcement; Root soil composite systems; Shallow landslide; Tensile strength; Vegetative hillslope protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880797033     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2584-x     Document Type: Article

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