Accretion/erosion of the subaqueous delta at the Yangtze Estuary in recent 10 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 707-716

  Li, Peng ^a,b   Yang, Shilun ^a   Dai, Shibao ^c   Zhang, Wenxiang ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Subaqueous delta; The analysis accretion erosion; The Three Gorges Reservoir; The Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DELTA; EROSION; RESERVOIR IMPOUNDMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 34548136618     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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