Spatial patterns of scale effect on specific sediment yield in the Yangtze River basin

Geomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Yan, Yunxia ^a   Wang, Suiji ^a   Chen, Junfeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Drainage area; Scale effect; Sediment yield; Spacial pattern; Yangtze River basin

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 79955749033     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.02.024     Document Type: Article

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