Temporal variation of suspended sediment load in the Pearl River due to human activities

International Journal of Sediment Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-497

  Zhang, Wei ^a   Mu, Shousheng ^a   Zhang, Yanjing ^b   Chen, Kaimin ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Dam construction; Human activities; Pearl River; Rocky desertification; Sediment flux

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862975670     PISSN: 10016279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6279(12)60007-9     Document Type: Article

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