Changes in intra-annual runoff and its response to climate change and human activities in the headstream areas of the Tarim River Basin, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 336, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-170

  Ling, Hongbo ^a   Xu, Hailiang ^a   Fu, Jinyi ^a  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; STREAM; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; TARIM RIVER; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84902117808     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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