Chinese Loess Plateau
A framework for the regional critical zone classification: the case of the Chinese Loess Plateau
... The Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) is the largest and deepest loess deposit area in the world and is the most successful eco- logical restoration zone in China (Sup- plementary Figs 1–3, ...
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Reconstruction of the March–August PDSI since 1703 AD based on tree rings of Chinese pine ( Pinus tabulaeformis Carr.) in the Lingkong Mountain, southeast Chinese loess Plateau
... Abstract. We utilised tree-ring cores, collected from three sites at Lingkong Mountain located in the southeast part of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP), to develope a regional ring-width chronology. ...
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Application of a modified distributed-dynamic erosion and sediment yield model in a typical watershed of a hilly and gully region, Chinese Loess Plateau
... The implementation of large-scale soil and water conser- vation projects in the late 90s of the last century has con- tinuously improved the sediment situation of the watershed, but the changing trend of event-based ...
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Riverine carbon export in the arid to semiarid Wuding River catchment on the Chinese Loess Plateau
... central Chinese Loess Plateau ...southeastern loess subcatchment, generally covered with 50–100 m deep loess soils, and the northwest- ern sandy subcatchment composed mainly of aeolian ...
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Actual daily evapotranspiration estimated from MERIS and AATSR data over the Chinese Loess Plateau
... The Chinese Loess Plateau is located in the north of China and has a significant impact on the climate and ecosystem evolvement over the East Asian ...the Chinese Loess Plateau ...
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A first paleomagnetic and rock magnetic investigation of calcareous nodules from the Chinese Loess Plateau
... the loess-paleosol sequences near Baoji city, southern Chinese Loess ...as loess-paleosol ...adjacent loess and paleosol ...from loess deposits in the upper part of loess ...
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Terrestrial mollusc records from Xifeng and Luochuan L9 loess strata and their implications for paleoclimatic evolution in the Chinese Loess Plateau during marine Oxygen Isotope Stages 24-22
... coarse-grained loess unit L9, one of the most prominent units in the Chinese loess stratigraphy, yields a high potential terrestrial record of paleoclimatic and pa- leoenvironmental changes during ...
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Watershed discretization based on multiple factors and its application in the Chinese Loess Plateau
... A subwatershed in the upstream section of the Yanhe wa- tershed in the Loess Plateau is the study area for this research. The area was spatially discretized into new units called “land type units” (units ...
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Three exceptionally strong East-Asian summer monsoon events during glacial times in the past 470 kyr
... the Chinese Loess Plateau, yielded several speleothems which provided a complete record of the past 224 000 years (Wang et ...the Chinese Loess ...another loess sequence (Wu et ...
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Late Miocene–Pliocene climate evolution recorded by the red clay cover on the Xiaoshuizi planation surface, NE Tibetan Plateau
... main Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) has been widely used to reconstruct the history of interior Asian aridification and the Asian ...Tibetan Plateau (TP) are ...
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Distinct responses of East Asian summer and winter monsoons to astronomical forcing
... the Chinese Loess Plateau (An et ...of Chinese loess, which indicates that the EAM system might be dominated by the changes in glacial- age boundary conditions (Ding et ...
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Loess plateau storage of northeastern Tibetan plateau derived Yellow River sediment
... Quaternary Chinese Loess Plateau sediment and modern western Mu Us sands show similar provenance signatures to this upper reach sediment ...overlying loess 30 ...and Chinese ...
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Strong summer monsoon during the cool MIS-13
... the Chinese Loess Plateau reflect a strengthened summer mon- soon during the glacials MIS-10 and 12 (Wu et ...Tibetan Plateau) which seems to play an important role on Asian monsoon (Kutzbach ...
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Effects of afforestation on soil bulk density and pH in the Loess Plateau, China
... Afforestation is often regarded as a strategy to reduce soil erosion, assist in nutrient cycling [1], alter local hydrology [2], and to sequester carbon [3]. Many large-scale afforestation programs have been implemented ...
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Sustainable bioenergy production with little carbon debt in the Loess Plateau of China
... Previous bioenergy scenario and carbon emission assessments were mainly based on the status of land use and neglected land-use history [37, 38]. In fact, land- use change was greatly affected by both environmental change ...
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Hydrologic feasibility of artificial forestation in the semi arid Loess Plateau of China
... Abstract. Hydrologic viability, in terms of moisture avail- ability, is fundamental to ecosystem sustainability in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, we examine the spatial dis- tribution and after-planting ...
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Carbon sequestration of mature black locust stands on the Loess Plateau, China
... Soil organic carbon SOC and plant organic carbon POC of plant samples trunks, branches, leaves, and roots, understory vegetation, litter, and dry soil samples were measured by dry combus[r] ...
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Optimal Scale Selection for DEM Based Slope Segmentation in the Loess Plateau
... Three areas, all located in Shaanxi province, are selected as the test areas (Figure 1). The first area located in Suide County, which is one of the key watersheds of soil and water conservation. The highest elevation ...
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Cumulative effects of 20 year exclusion of livestock grazing on above and belowground biomass of typical steppe communities in arid areas of the Loess Plateau, China
... tion approach of above- and belowground biomass accumulation and potential function on soil carbon stocks in typical steppe of the Loess Plateau. Plant diversity was increased after long-term fencing in ...
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Permanent dry soil layer a critical control on soil desiccation on China’s Loess Plateau
... The wide spread of dry soil layers (DSL) in China’s Loess Plateau region has negative effects on the ecosystem, including soil degradation and vegetation failure. to understand the temporal persistence of ...
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