River sediment load and concentration responses to changes in hydrology and catchment management in the loess plateau region of china

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Rustomji, P ^a   Zhang, X P ^b   Hairsine, P B ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Zhao, J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Water Resources Survey   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MEASURES; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT; SPECIFIC SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT YIELDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATCHMENT; EROSION RATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HYDROLOGY; PLATEAU; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL CONSERVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRIBUTARY;

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

EID: 69249196240     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006656     Document Type: Article

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