Effects of biological soil crusts on soil particle size characteristics in Mu Us Sandland

Nongye Jixie Xuebao/Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-120

  Gao, Guanglei ^a   Ding, Guodong ^a   Zhao, Yuanyuan ^a   Feng, Wei ^a   Bao, Yanfeng ^a   Liu, Ziwei ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological soil crusts; Mu Us; Particle size parameter; Sandland; Soil particle size

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS; MU US; SANDLANDS; SIZE PARAMETERS; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE;

FRACTAL DIMENSION; HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84892834767     PISSN: 10001298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6041/j.issn.1000-1298.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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