Changjian (Yangtze) River delta, China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 838-858

  Xiqing, Chen ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang delta; Coastal geomorphology; Estuaries; Floods; Management; Sea level; Subsidence; Yangtzee

Indexed keywords

DELTA; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; NEOTECTONICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0031874850     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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