Sedimentation rates in the lower Yellow River over the past 2300 years as influenced by human activities and climate change

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3359-3371

  Xu, Jiongxin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate change; Human activities; Sedimentation rate; The lower Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; EROSION; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; VEGETATION;

HUMAN ACTIVITIES; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

SEDIMENTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER SYSTEM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHINA;

EID: 0345118915     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1392     Document Type: Article

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