Gender of large river deltas and parasitizing rivers

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-36

  Wang, Zhao yin ^a,d   Yu, Guo an ^b   Huang, He Qing ^b   Wang, Rui yu ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNESCO International Research and Training Center on Erosion and Sedimentation   (China)

Author keywords

Classification of deltas; Male and female rivers; Morphology; Parasitizing river; River patterns; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859483068     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(12)60013-4     Document Type: Article

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