Dynamic Changes of Sediment Discharge and the Influencing Factors in the Yellow River, China, for the Recent 90 Years

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-309

  Mu, Xingmin ^a,b   Zhang, Xiuqin ^a   Shao, Hongbo ^c,d   Gao, Peng ^a,b   Wang, Fei ^a,b   Jiao, Juying ^a,b   Zhu, Jingliang ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^d QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Anomaly accumulation method; Double mass curve; Human activities; Rainfall; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAINFALL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84863265020     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000319     Document Type: Article

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