Changes in runoff and sediment yield along the Yellow River during the period from 1950 to 2006

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Liu, C ^a   Sui, J ^b   Wang, Z Y ^c  

^a International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Loess Plateau; Runoff depth; Sediment concentration; Sediment yield; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATERSHED;

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

EID: 57649188113     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200800131     Document Type: Article

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