Sediment rating curves in the Ningxia-Inner Mongolia reaches of the upper Yellow River and their implications

Quaternary International

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 152-162

  Fan, Xiaoli ^a,b   Shi, Changxing ^a   Zhou, Yuanyuan ^a,b   Shao, Wenwei ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; NEI MONGGOL; YELLOW RIVER;

EID: 84869506472     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.04.044     Document Type: Article

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