Application of 137Cs fingerprinting technique to interpreting sediment production records from reservoir deposits in a small catchment of the Hilly Loess Plateau, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 254-260

  Zhang, XinBao ^a,b   Wen, ZhongMing ^c   Feng, MingYi ^d   Yang, QinKe ^c   Zheng, JinJun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs fingerprinting technique; Hilly Loess Plateau; Reservoir deposit; Sediment yield; Small catchment

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; FLOODS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STATISTICS; STORMS;

FINGERPRINTING TECHNIQUE; FLOOD COUPLETS; SEDIMENT YIELD;

SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; GULLY; LOESS; SEDIMENT YIELD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 33847119467     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-2013-5     Document Type: Article

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