Linking watershed geomorphic characteristics to sediment yield: Evidence from the Loess Plateau of China

Geomorphology

Volumn 234, Issue , 2015, Pages 19-27

  Zhang, H Y ^a,b   Shi, Z H ^a,c   Fang, N F ^a   Guo, M H ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Geomorphic characteristics; Partial least squares regression (PLSR); Sediment yield; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; RELIEF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WATERSHED;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84922020830     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.01.014     Document Type: Article

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