A river erosion estimate on the Loess Plateau: A case study from Luohe River, a second-order tributary of the Yellow River

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Zhaoyu, Zhu ^a,b   Houyun, Zhou ^a   Zhisheng, An ^b   Tungsheng, Liu ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Loess paleosol series; Luohe River; Paleo valley; River erosion; Terraces; Yellow River, North China

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; DOWNCUTTING; PALEOCHANNEL; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER TERRACE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LUOHE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 3242687196     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2004.01.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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