Characteristics of Soil and Organic Carbon Loss Induced by Water Erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

Zhongwu Li; Xiaodong Nie; Xiaofeng Chang; Lin Liu; Liying Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154591

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Characteristics of Soil and Organic Carbon Loss Induced by Water Erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

Zhongwu Li ,

* E-mail: lizw@hnu.edu.cn

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, PR China, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, PR China
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Xiaodong Nie,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, PR China, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, PR China, Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Hunan University), Ministry of Education, Changsha, PR China
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Xiaofeng Chang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, PR China
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Lin Liu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau, Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, CAS and MWR, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, PR China
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Liying Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, PR China
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Characteristics of Soil and Organic Carbon Loss Induced by Water Erosion on the Loess Plateau in China

Zhongwu Li,
Xiaodong Nie,
Xiaofeng Chang,
Lin Liu,
Liying Sun

Published: April 28, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154591

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