Spatial and temporal variations of suspended sediment deposition in the alluvial reach of the upper Yellow River from 1952 to 2007

Catena

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-37

  Wang, Suiji ^a   Yan, Yunxia ^a   Li, Yingkui ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alluvial channel; Human impact; Reservoir construction and operation; Suspended sediment deposition (SSD); Water and soil conservation; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU; QINGTONGXIA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84455179006     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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