Estimating suspended sediment loads in the Pearl River Delta region using sediment rating curves

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 35-46

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Wei, Xiaoyan ^a   Jinhai, Zheng ^a   Yuliang, Zhu ^a   Zhang, Yanjing ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effect; Climate changes; Pearl River Delta; Rating curve; Sediment load

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERTIFICATION; KARST; RATING CURVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84862778342     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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