Delta response to decline in sediment supply from the Yangtze River: Evidence of the recent four decades and expectations for the next half-century

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 689-699

  Yang, S L ^a   Belkin, I M ^b   Belkina, A I ^c   Zhao, Q Y ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Ding, P X ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Delta evolution; Erosion; Estuarine sedimentation; Progradation and progradating shoreline; Recession and retrogression; Three Gorges Dam; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

DELTA; PROGRADATION; RETROGRESSION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SHORELINE CHANGE;

CHANJIANG DELTA; CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 0042378465     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00409-2     Document Type: Article

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