Impacts of anthropogenic activity on the recent evolution of the Huanghe (Yellow) River delta

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 919-929

  Fan, Hui ^a,b   Huang, Haijun ^a   Zeng, Thomas ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastline change; Remote sensing; Seabed process; Sedimentation; Tidal zone

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL HAZARD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

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

EID: 33746807665     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0150.1     Document Type: Article

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