Influences of coupled wind-water processes on suspended sediment grain size: An example from tributaries of the Yellow River

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 881-895

  Xu, Jiongxin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aeolian process; China; Grain size; Hyperconcentrated flow; Sediment delivery dynamics; Suspended sediment transport; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; WATER; WIND;

AEOLIAN PROCESS; CHINA; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; SEDIMENT DELIVERY DYNAMICS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; YELLOW RIVER;

RIVERS;

EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WIND EROSION;

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

EID: 26444603926     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.5.881     Document Type: Article

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