Sediment deposition and erosion during the extreme flood events in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River

Quaternary International

Volumn 226, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 4-11

  Dai, S B ^a   Lu, X X ^b  

^a CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHANNEL FLOW; DEPOSITION; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77957114921     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.01.026     Document Type: Article

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