Suspended sediment balance for the mainstem of Changjiang (Yangtze River) in the period 1964-1985

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2339-2353

  Hassan, Marwan A ^a   Church, Michael ^a   Yan, Yunxia ^b   Slaymaker, Olav ^a   Xu, Jiongxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Channel morphology; Fluvial sediment balance; Reach sediment balance; Sediment exchange; Suspended sediment; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; REACH SEDIMENT BALANCE; SEDIMENT EXCHANGE; YANGTZE RIVER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 79960089797     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7996     Document Type: Article

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