Organic matter controls of soil water retention in an alpine grassland and its significance for hydrological processes

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PD, 2014, Pages 3010-3027

  Yang, Fei ^a,b   Zhang, Gan Lin ^a,b   Yang, Jin Ling ^a   Li, De Cheng ^a   Zhao, Yu Guo ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Yang, Ren Min ^a,b   Yang, Fan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine grassland; Heihe River; Hydrological processes; Pedo transfer functions; Soil organic matter; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

ALPINE GRASSLANDS; HEIHE RIVER; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; PEDO-TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84918795729     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.054     Document Type: Article

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