Rapid shifts of the river plume pathway off the Huanghe (Yellow) River mouth in response to water-sediment regulation scheme in 2005

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 2878-2884

  Wang, Houjie ^a   Yang, Zuosheng ^a   Bi, Naishuang ^a   Li, Haidong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cluster of mouth bars; Huanghe River; Rapid shifts; River plume; Water sediment regulation scheme

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646376628     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-1196     Document Type: Article

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