Periodic characters of sediment load and runoff changes in the Yangtze River basin in the past 40 years, China

Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-85

  Zhang, Qiang ^a,b   Chen, Gui Ya ^c   Xu, Chong Yu ^d   Xu, You Peng ^e   Liu, Chun Ling ^b   Jiang, Tong ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHANGJIANG WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Periodic character; Sediment and runoff changes; The Yangtze River basin; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DAMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

PERIODIC CHARACTER; RIVER CATCHMENTS; SEDIMENT LOADS; THE YANGTZE RIVER BASIN; THREE GORGES DAMS; WATER RESERVOIRS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 61349134146     PISSN: 10016791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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