Palaeofloods recorded by slackwater deposits on the Qishuihe River in the middle Yellow River

Journal of Geographical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 681-690

  Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Huang, Chunchang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Holocene; Palaeoflood; Qishuihe River; Shaanxi Province; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249114285     PISSN: 1009637X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11442-009-0681-0     Document Type: Article

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