Apparent ages of suspended sediment and soil erosion of the Pearl River (Zhujiang) drainage basin

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1547-1553

  Wei, XiuGuo ^a,b,c   Shen, ChengDe ^d   Li, NingLi ^e   Wang, FuShun ^f   Ding, Ping ^d   Wang, Ning ^d   Guo, ZhiXing ^b   Liu, KeXin ^g  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF BUSINESS STUDIES   (China)

^b GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent age; Particulate organic carbon (POC); Pearl River; Soil erosion of drainage basin; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952827561     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3067-x     Document Type: Article

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