Implication of relationships among suspended sediment size, water discharge and suspended sediment concentration: The Yellow River basin, China

Catena

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-307

  Xu, Jiongxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Hyperconcentrated flow; Suspended sediment concentration; The Yellow River basin

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0037202440     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(02)00064-4     Document Type: Article

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