Hydraulic geometry change of a large river: A case study of the upper Yellow River

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1247-1257

  Ran, Lishan ^a,b   Wang, Suiji ^a   Lu, X X ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alluvial channel; Bedrock channel; Channel pattern; Hydraulic geometry; Upper Yellow River

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL CHANNELS; BEDROCK CHANNELS; CHANNEL PATTERN; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; YELLOW RIVER;

FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY;

RIVERS;

FLOW VELOCITY; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; WATER DEPTH;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84861773267     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1336-x     Document Type: Article

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