Monitoring the surface deformation over the loess hills could help us understand the dynamics of soil erosion, the extent of anthropogenic impacts, and the mitigation methods for the potential damage to local ecosystems, agricultural production, socioeconomic infrastructure, water quality, and air quality in the Loess Plateau and the surrounding areas. The objectives of this study were to compr...

in this paper, we report an investigation of changes in land use and ecosystem services on loess plateau in northern shaanxi province from 1978 to 2004. we used three landsat tm and/or etm data sets to estimate changes in the size of five land-cover/land-use categories, and we also used previously published value coefficients to estimate changes in the value of ecosystem services delivered by e...

Alfisols in USA taxonomy are “deciduous forest” soils having an argillic horizon with a base saturation the control section greater than 35%. geographically extensive and support productive agriculture deciduous forest ecosystems. Understanding Alfisol genesis, including presence intensity of dominant soil processes, facilitates best management practices that provide stewardship for these resou...