Larger Asian rivers and their interactions with estuaries and coasts

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-3

  Lu, X X ^a   Chen, X Q ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 45449101714     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.11.014     Document Type: Editorial

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