Suspended sediment dynamics and morphodynamics in the Yellow River, China

Sedimentology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 785-806

  Van Maren, D S ^a,b   Winterwerp, J C ^a,b   Wang, Z Y ^c   Pu, Q ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YRCC   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperconcentrated flow; River morphology; Sediment transport; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RICHARDSON NUMBER; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

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

EID: 62549163413     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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