Recent changes of sediment yield in the Upper Yangtze, China

Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 697-709

  Lu, Xixi ^a   Higgitt, David L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Reservoir sedimentation; Sediment yield; Three Gorges Project; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEFORESTATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RUNOFF;

RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EROSION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL;

CHINA, CHIANG JIANG RIVER; CHINA, YANGTZE RIVER;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032171728     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900140     Document Type: Article

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