Comparative study of the modern flood slackwater deposits in the upper reaches of Hanjiang and Weihe River Valleys, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-191

  Zhang, Yuzhu ^a   Huang, Chun Chang ^a   Pang, Jiangli ^a   Zha, Xiaochun ^a   Zhou, Yali ^a   Yin, Shuyan ^a   Wang, Juan ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOOD; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIBUTARY;

CHINA; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI; WEI RIVER;

EID: 84869496643     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.056     Document Type: Article

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