Changes in streamflow and sediment discharge and the response to human activities in the middle reaches of the Yellow River

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-10

  Gao, P ^a,b   Mu, X M ^a,b   Wang, F ^a,b   Li, R ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MEASURES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN INTERVENTION; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; YELLOW RIVER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

STREAM FLOW;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 78650901981     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1-2011     Document Type: Article

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