Spatio-temporal variability of soil water at three seasonal floodplain sites: A case study in Tarim Basin, Northwest China

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 647-657

  Grashey Jansen, Sven ^a   Kuba, Martin ^b   Cyffka, Bernd ^b   Halik, Ümüt ^b,c   Aishan, Tayierjiang ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^c XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

soil moisture; soil texture; soil water tensions; Tarim River; water retention

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FLOODPLAIN; IRRIGATION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RETENTION;

CHINA; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84912037447     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: 1993064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-014-0717-y     Document Type: Article

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