Relationship between suspended sediment load, channel geometry and land area increment in the Yellow River Delta

Catena

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 302-314

  Wang, Suiji ^a   Hassan, Marwan A ^b   Xie, Xiaoping ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Channel geometry; Critical condition; Land area increment; Suspended sediment load; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DELTA; EROSION; SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA;

EID: 33645843635     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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