Desertification and land degradation in arid and Semi-Arid regions

Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 189-198

  Xiaoping, Yang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84926078722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511807527.015     Document Type: Chapter

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