Effect of altered flow regime on bankfull area of the Lower Yellow River, China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1585-1601

  Wu, Baosheng ^a   Xia, Junqiang ^a   Fu, Xudong ^a   Zhang, Yuanfeng ^b   Wang, Guangqian ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Bankfull area; Bankfull discharge; Delayed response; Fluvial processes; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BANKFULL AREA; BANKFULL DISCHARGE; DELAYED RESPONSE; FLUVIAL PROCESSES; YELLOW RIVER;

STREAM FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLUVIAL PROCESS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

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

EID: 54749138474     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1679     Document Type: Article

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