Historical bank-breachings of the lower Yellow River as influenced by drainage basin factors

Catena

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-17

  Jiongxin, Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bank breaching; Historical climate; Historical disasters; Human activities; The Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000074143     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(01)00136-9     Document Type: Article

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