Sedimentation in the Manwan reservoir in the Upper Mekong and its downstream impacts

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Fu, K D ^a   He, D M ^a   Lu, X X ^b  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GRANGER CAUSALITY TEST; IMPOUNDMENT; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MANWAN DAM; MEKONG RIVER; YUNNAN;

EID: 45249109106     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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