Erosion-creep-collapse mechanism of underground soil loss for the karst rocky desertification in Chenqi village, Puding county, Guizhou, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2751-2764

  Wang, Jianxiu ^a,b   Zou, Baoping ^b   Liu, Yan ^b   Tang, Yiqun ^a,b   Zhang, Xinbao ^c   Yang, Ping ^a,b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Erosion creep collapse mechanism; Karst rocky desertification; Underground soil loss

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; CAVES; CLIMATOLOGY; CREEP; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; RAIN; RURAL AREAS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; WEATHERING;

CREEP COLLAPSE; GEOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND WATER DEPTHS; INHOMOGENEOUS SOIL; KARST DEVELOPMENT; KARST ROCKY DESERTIFICATION; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SOIL LOSS;

SOILS;

CARBONATE ROCK; CAVE; COLLAPSE; DESERTIFICATION; EROSION CONTROL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST; RAINFALL; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; PUDING;

EID: 84907687654     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3182-0     Document Type: Article

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