Effect of rainfall variation and landscape change on runoff and sediment yield from a loess hilly catchment in China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1005-1016

  Wei, Wei ^a   Chen, Liding ^a   Zhang, Handan ^a,b   Chen, Jin ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Dingxi Institute of Soil and Water Conservation   (China)

Author keywords

Land use change; Loess Plateau; Rainfall; Sediment yield; Surface runoff

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EROSION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND-USE CHANGE; LOESS PLATEAU; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT YIELDS; RUNOFF AND SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

RUNOFF;

EID: 84929943321     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-014-3451-y     Document Type: Article

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