A 600-year flood history in the Yangtze River drainage: Comparison between a subaqueous delta and historical records

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-195

  Wang, MinJie ^a,b   Zheng, HongBo ^b   Xie, Xin ^a   Fan, DaiDu ^a   Yang, ShouYe ^a   Zhao, QuanHong ^a   Wang, Ke ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

subaqueous Yangtze River delta; Yangtze River floods; Zr Rb ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751519887     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-4212-2     Document Type: Article

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