The water fluxes of the Yellow River to the sea in the past 50 years, in response to climate change and human activities

Environmental Management

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 620-631

  Jiongxin, Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Climate change; Erosion and sediment control measures; Human impact; Water flux to the sea; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; WATER DIVERSION; WATER FLUX; WATER YIELD;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION CONTROL; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RIVER FLOW; WATER EXCHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION; RIVER; SEA; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 21344436215     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-3094-y     Document Type: Article

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