Modeling the growth limit of the Changjiang Delta

Geomorphology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 225-236

  Gao, Shu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang Delta; Conceptual models; Delta progradation; Sediment retention

Indexed keywords

DELTA; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROWTH; MODELING; PROGRADATION; RETENTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 33847381972     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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