Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Runoff and Sediment Load of the Xiliugou Basin in the Upper Yellow River

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yao, Haifang ^a,b   Shi, Changxing ^a   Shao, Wenwei ^a,b   Bai, Jianbin ^a,b   Yang, Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84948390582     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/481713     Document Type: Article

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