A model for the active origin and development of source-bordering dunefields on a semiarid fluvial plain: A case study from the Xiliaohe Plain, Northeast China

Geomorphology

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 512-524

  Han, Guang ^a   Zhang, Guifang ^b   Dong, Yuxiang ^c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diversion of river; Downwind slopes of valley; Migration of channel; Source bordering dunefield; Xiliaohe Plain

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DISPLACEMENT; DUNE FIELD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL LANDFORM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; MEANDER; RIVER ENGINEERING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE; VALLEY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIAOLAI RIVER; LAOHA RIVER; NEI MONGGOL; SHANDONG; XILIAOHE PLAIN;

EID: 34047257863     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.010     Document Type: Article

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