Spatio-temporal process of oasification in the middle-Heihe River basin during 1368–1949 AD, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1663-1678

  Xie, Yaowen ^a   Wang, Guisheng ^a   Wang, Xueqiang ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Historical period; Historical reconstruction; Oasification; Spatio temporal process; The Heihe River basin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; WATERSHEDS;

CORRELATIVE THEORIES; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; EVOLUTION PROCESS; HEIHE RIVER BASIN; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; HISTORICAL PERIODS; OASIFICATION; SPATIO TEMPORAL;

RIVERS;

EID: 84922000373     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3519-8     Document Type: Article

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