The effects of sediment-laden waters on irrigated lands along the lower Yellow River in China

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 858-865

  Mingzhou, Qin ^a   Jackson, Richard H ^b   Zhongjin, Yuan ^c   Jackson, Mark W ^b   Bo, Sun ^d  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Soil quality; Suspended sediment load; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; SOILS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

HUMAN MODIFICATION; IRRIGATED LANDS; IRRIGATION EXPANSIONS; LOWER REACHES OF THE YELLOW RIVERS; LOWER YELLOW RIVER; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT-LADEN WATER; SOILS QUALITIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; YELLOW RIVER;

IRRIGATION;

RIVER WATER;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; IRRIGATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TEXTURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER FLOW;

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

EID: 35348888439     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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