Growth of the Yellow River delta over the past 800 years, as influenced by human activities

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-30

  Xu, Jiongxin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Delta; Human impacts; River mouth extension; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

DELTA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

CHINA; HUANG HO DELTA; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 0037250292     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00186     Document Type: Article

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