Dynamic Hydrology and Geomorphology of the Yangtze River

Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 457-469

  Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Xu, Kaiqin ^b   Watanabe, Masataka ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternate anticlines and synclines; Annual sediment load transported; High levees and engineered dykes; Hydrological gauging station; Inner river mouth channel; Intense anthropogenic activities; Limestone and terrigenous sedimentary rocks; Submerged sandy shoals and new estuarine islands; Tectonics controlled subsidence basins; Warm air mass transferred

Indexed keywords

LIME; RIVERS;

ALTERNATE ANTICLINES AND SYNCLINES; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; GAUGING STATIONS; HIGH LEVEES AND ENGINEERED DYKES; RIVER MOUTHS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUBMERGED SANDY SHOALS AND NEW ESTUARINE ISLANDS; SUBSIDENCE BASINS; WARM AIR;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 79955813065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470723722.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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