Impact of extreme drought and the Three Gorges Dam on transport of particulate terrestrial organic carbon in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Yu, Hao ^a,b   Wu, Ying ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Deng, Bing ^a   Zhu, Zhuoyi ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEGRADATION; DISCHARGE; DROUGHT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LIGNIN; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOL; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TRIBUTARY;

CHINA; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84055200162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF002012     Document Type: Article

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