Sediment retention by check dams in the Hekouzhen-Longmen Section of the Yellow River

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-166

  RAN, Da Chuan ^a,b   LUO, Quan Hua ^c   ZHOU, Zu Hao ^d   WANG, Guo Qing ^e   ZHANG, Xiao Hua ^b  

^a XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b YELLOW RIVER INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULIC RESEARCH   (China)

^c Xifeng Agrometeorological Experiment Station   (China)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^e Flood Control Office of YRCC   (China)

Author keywords

Check dam; Coarse sediment; Grain size; Sediment retention; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749095200     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(08)60015-3     Document Type: Article

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